RE: Unix passwd file and mysql authentication table

2001-07-27 Thread Don Read
On 26-Jul-2001 sachin shetty wrote: Hi Is it possible to authenticate a logged on user by comparing the unix passwd file entry with the mysql user table entry(after copying passwords from the password file to the table). The password_crypt routine used in MySQL is incompatible with the

Re: Unix passwd file and mysql authentication table

2001-07-27 Thread Brad Bonkoski
Don Read wrote: On 26-Jul-2001 sachin shetty wrote: Hi Is it possible to authenticate a logged on user by comparing the unix passwd file entry with the mysql user table entry(after copying passwords from the password file to the table). The password_crypt routine used in MySQL is

Re: Unix passwd file and mysql authentication table

2001-07-27 Thread Don Read
On 27-Jul-2001 Brad Bonkoski wrote: Don Read wrote: On 26-Jul-2001 sachin shetty wrote: Hi Is it possible to authenticate a logged on user by comparing the unix passwd file entry with the mysql user table entry(after copying passwords from the password file to the table). The

Re: Unix passwd file and mysql authentication table

2001-07-27 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
Is this an undocumented feature that I missed? You just have to specify the as TYPE_passwd and it will automatically encrypt using that algorithm? I don't see anything in the documentation for ENCRYPT about this. Or am I really missing something? Thanks. j-- k- mysql select

Re: Unix passwd file and mysql authentication table

2001-07-27 Thread Don Read
On 27-Jul-2001 Joshua J. Kugler wrote: Is this an undocumented feature that I missed? You just have to specify the as TYPE_passwd and it will automatically encrypt using that algorithm? I don't see anything in the documentation for ENCRYPT about this. Or am I really missing something?