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From: "Merlin, The Mage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ben C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: Decrypt MYSQL Password
At 23:27 -0800 11/12/02, Ben C. wrote:
I am using the MySQL password() function for the my passwords on the user
names. How do I decrypt the password in PHP to send it in an e-mail. I am
making a forgot your password page and want to have the user enter their
e-mail and have the password sent to
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> Subject: Re: Decrypt MYSQL Password
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> Hi Ben,
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> From the MySQL man online @
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Ben C. wrote:
I am using the MySQL password() function for the my passwords on the user
names. How do I decrypt the password in PHP to send it in an e-mail. I am
Short answer: You don't.
Long answer: search the archives for this mailing list; it was asked
about a week ago and I gave a long
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Hi Ben,
From the MySQL man online @
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Miscellaneous_functions.html#IDX1330 :
PASSWORD() encryption is non-reversible.
To create a forgot your password page, the best method is to generate a net
password a
