Hi Walter, Walter D. Funk wrote:
>Hi, > > I am trying Mysql Password() function, to encrypt password in a a >user/password >table, > it works fine both ways; it is to say, when I submit a login >(user/password) >combination it fetches the pair ok. > My question is, as I read in the documentation, that the process is >irreversible, how can I deal with the fact > that a user can forget his password, if I will not be able to retrieve the > original string, because what i can see is the encrypted data > You always (since you have privileges) can change the password of a user. So, forget the password is not a big problem. > > is there a workaround to deal with this, either than storing in a separeted > table the original password string (not encrypted), or shall i simply not > use this function ? > > thanks in advance to any suggestion >Walter > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------ \|/ ______ \|/ `@" / o . \ "@' Microsoft? Por acaso é alguma nova /___| \____/ |___\ marca de papel higiênico? \___U__/ .^. Luciano Barcaro - Linux User # 99517 /v\ Registre-se gratuitamente em // \\ http://counter.li.org //(.)\\ ICQ # 17266954 ^`~'^ ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
