Different password() function ?

2004-12-03 Thread Ady Wicaksono
I just upgrade my MySQL from 4.0.20 to 4.1.7, however i found new things here, password() function in 4.0.20 - password(xxx) result in 5336eb751494bdb1 in 4.1.7 - password(xxx) result in *3E5287812B7D1F947439AC45E739353 how to get backward compatibility for this function ? since i use password

Re: Different password() function ?

2004-12-03 Thread Ady Wicaksono
PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Subject: Different password() function ? Sent: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:01:06 GMT Received: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:51:54 GMT Read: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:57:47 GMT I just upgrade my MySQL from 4.0.20 to 4.1.7, however i found new things here, password() function in 4.0.20

RE: Different password() function ?

2004-12-03 Thread SciBit MySQL Team
/mycon http://www.scibit.com/products/mysqlcomponents http://www.scibit.com/products/mysqlx http://www.scibit.com/products/mascon -Original Message- From: Ady Wicaksono [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Subject: Different password() function ? Sent: Fri

Re: password() function

2004-10-11 Thread Paul DuBois
| +-+ | 565491d70401324 | When I used char(15) the data was not complete. What data type I should use for password function? Actually, you should use a different function than PASSWORD(), which should be used only in connection with account information in the grant tables in the mysql database. SHA

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-16 Thread Manisha Sathe
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: Re: PASSWORD() function problem At 17:26 +0800 10/15/03, Manisha Sathe wrote: Hi, I inserted one record thr PHPMyAdmin - mem_pass field of member table set to xyz using function 'PASSWORD' Then trying

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-16 Thread Nitin
all encryption functions are one way only Nitin - Original Message - From: Manisha Sathe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Re: PASSWORD() function problem thanks all, it works (i just increase it to 20) but one more thing, now

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-16 Thread Director General: NEFACOMP
- From: Manisha Sathe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 15:16 Subject: Re: PASSWORD() function problem thanks all, it works (i just increase it to 20) but one more thing, now if i want to get this password (e.g for option forget password), can we

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-16 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Manisha Sathe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks all, it works (i just increase it to 20) Please, don't use PASSWORD() function in your own application, use MD5() or SHA1() instead. but one more thing, now if i want to get this password (e.g for option forget password), can we retrieve, i

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-16 Thread Director General: NEFACOMP
Subject: Re: PASSWORD() function problem all encryption functions are one way only Nitin - Original Message - From: Manisha Sathe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Re: PASSWORD() function problem thanks all, it works (i just

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-16 Thread Manisha Sathe
Thanks all, it helped me a lot Manisha - Original Message - From: Director General: NEFACOMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nitin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Manisha Sathe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: Re: PASSWORD() function problem Hi, If I

PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-15 Thread Manisha Sathe
Hi, I inserted one record thr PHPMyAdmin - mem_pass field of member table set to xyz using function 'PASSWORD' Then trying to select the same - select * from member where mem_pass = PASSWORD('xyz') - then it is not getting selected I do not know why I am not getting the result. please help

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:26:23 +0800 Manisha Sathe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I inserted one record thr PHPMyAdmin - mem_pass field of member table set to xyz using function 'PASSWORD' Then trying to select the same - select * from member where mem_pass = PASSWORD('xyz') - then it is

Re: PASSWORD() function problem

2003-10-15 Thread Paul DuBois
At 17:26 +0800 10/15/03, Manisha Sathe wrote: Hi, I inserted one record thr PHPMyAdmin - mem_pass field of member table set to xyz using function 'PASSWORD' Then trying to select the same - select * from member where mem_pass = PASSWORD('xyz') - then it is not getting selected I do not know

Re: Password function not working with latest 4.1 tree

2002-12-19 Thread Lenz Grimmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Description: with the latest 4.1 tree (from today) the PASSWORD() function returns random alpha-numeric text /[a-f0-9]/ 45 characters in length (which is too long for a password string

Re: Password function not working with latest 4.1 tree

2002-12-19 Thread Matt Parlane
Yes, that's intentional - we have changed this in 4.1, but it's not documented in the manual yet. A quote from the developer working on that code: So, the PASSWORD() function is now not to be used for passwords? The problem is that I have built at least a few applications that use PASSWORD

Password function not working with latest 4.1 tree

2002-12-18 Thread matt
Description: with the latest 4.1 tree (from today) the PASSWORD() function returns random alpha-numeric text /[a-f0-9]/ 45 characters in length (which is too long for a password string). The string always starts with a * (asterisk). example

PASSWORD() function not working

2002-12-18 Thread Matt Parlane
Description: The password function does not work as intended with latest 4.1 tree (today's). It returns a string of LENGTH() = 45 starting with a * (asterisk) and 44 alphanumeric characters /[a-z0-9]/ How-To-Repeat: Using latest 4.1 BK tree, SELECT PASSWORD('something'); Fix: Not known

RE: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-15 Thread adam nelson
of course, the safe way is to always reset the password when such a thing happens. -Original Message- From: Victoria Reznichenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function Walter, Tuesday, May

Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-14 Thread Walter D. Funk
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

Re: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-14 Thread Sherzod B. Ruzmetov
Hi Walter 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 The purpose of the encrypted

Re: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-14 Thread Luciano Barcaro
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

Re: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-14 Thread Paul DuBois
At 10:59 -0300 5/14/02, 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

RE: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-14 Thread Roger Baklund
* Walter D. Funk 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

Re: Encrypting with PASSWORD() function

2002-05-14 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Walter, Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 4:59:15 PM, you wrote: WDF I am trying Mysql Password() function, to encrypt password in a a WDF user/password WDF table, WDF it works fine both ways; it is to say, when I submit a login WDF (user/password) WDF combination it fetches the pair ok. WDF My question

password function

2002-05-12 Thread Jule
Hey guys and gals, How do i add info to a table, and give a varchar(16) row the function of password, so that it is encrypted? my query now is: INSERT into table values('0', 'username', 'password', 'email') thanks Jule -- |\/\__/\/| | Jule Slootbeek |

RE: password function

2002-05-12 Thread Gurhan Ozen
You need to use PASSWORD() function.. INSERT INTO table VALUES('0', 'username', PASSWORD('passwd'), 'email'); See: http://mysql.com/doc/M/i/Miscellaneous_functions.html Gurhan -Original Message- From: Jule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 8:37 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: password function

2002-05-12 Thread Neil Zanella
Use the PASSWORD() MySQL builtin function as follows: INSERT INTO Table VALUES ('0', 'username', PASSWORD('password'), 'email') This function is not part of the SQL standard. It is used for storing passwords in the MySQL user table in the mysql database schema named mysql among other things.

Password function

2002-04-02 Thread Ramiro Varandas Jr
I think that this question might be kinda of stupid for all of you but I couldn't find a good answer... When we use the MySQL internal function - Password('string') - MySQL inserts that string codified into the database, so that people that look for that doesn't know the real password. But i

RE: Password function

2002-04-02 Thread Kenneth Hylton
Okay, here's a hint... 4.2.9 in the manual (;o) Basically, if you encrypt the password, then you have to look it up using the password function, too. Ken Hylton Programmer Analyst IV LEC Systems Programming Billing Concepts, Inc. 7411 John Smith Drive San Antonio, Texas 78229-4898 (210) 949

RE: Password function

2002-04-02 Thread Lee, Andrew
PROTECTED] Subject: Password function I think that this question might be kinda of stupid for all of you but I couldn't find a good answer... When we use the MySQL internal function - Password('string') - MySQL inserts that string codified into the database, so that people that look

Re: Password function

2002-04-02 Thread Sunil S
--- Ramiro Varandas Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that this question might be kinda of stupid for all of you but I couldn't find a good answer... When we use the MySQL internal function - Password('string') - MySQL inserts that string codified into the database, so that people

Re: Password function

2002-04-02 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Kenneth Hylton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Basically, if you encrypt the password, then you have to look it up using the password function, too. What he means is this: SELECT user_id FROM user WHERE PASSWORD(user_pass) = PASSWORD('my_var') --- Rodney Broom Programmer: Desert.Net sql

Re: Password function

2002-04-02 Thread Rodney Broom
From: Lee, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] If user_id and passwd are fields in your table and the passwd field is encrypted : SELECT user_id FROM user WHERE passwd = PASSWORD('plaintext_user_pass') Woops, I was typing too fast Ramiro. Andrew's query is right and mine is wrong. --- Rodney Broom

Password function still doesn't working

2002-04-02 Thread Ramiro Varandas Jr
I thank all the people that helped me... was very usefull, I tried each one... But i'm using ASP with a DSN Connection Check the code: Set MyConnection = Server.CreateObject(ADODB.Connection) MyConnInfo = DSN=MyDSN;UID=MyUser;PWD=MyPass; MyConnection.Open MyConnInfo SQL = INSERT INTO user

RE: Password function still doesn't working

2002-04-02 Thread Todd Williamsen
Message- From: Ramiro Varandas Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Password function still doesn't working I thank all the people that helped me... was very usefull, I tried each one... But i'm using ASP with a DSN Connection Check

MySQL PASSWORD function

2002-01-29 Thread John Kemp
Hi all, I can't find a description of the algorithm used in the mySQL PASSWROD function. I understand it's a hashing algorithm of some kind, but I don't know which algorithm (and I suspect it's *not* MD5.) Can anyone tell me what algorithm PASSWORD uses? The reason I ask is that we're trying

Re: MySQL PASSWORD function

2002-01-29 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 29), John Kemp said: Hi all, I can't find a description of the algorithm used in the mySQL PASSWROD function. I understand it's a hashing algorithm of some kind, but I don't know which algorithm (and I suspect it's *not* MD5.) The algorithm is in the

Re: MySQL PASSWORD function

2002-01-29 Thread Sinisa Milivojevic
John Kemp writes: Hi all, I can't find a description of the algorithm used in the mySQL PASSWROD function. I understand it's a hashing algorithm of some kind, but I don't know which algorithm (and I suspect it's *not* MD5.) Can anyone tell me what algorithm PASSWORD uses? The reason I

Re: MySQL PASSWORD function

2002-01-29 Thread Chris Wilson
I think mysql uses the system crypt() function. This is, no-doubt, available through some well hidden Java class. Just do man crypt to learn about crypt(). Chris On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:59:55 -0500 John Kemp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I can't find a description of the algorithm used

RE: MySQL PASSWORD function

2002-01-29 Thread Carsten H. Pedersen
entered in the same way MySQL hashes a password (or abandon the use of servlet auth :-) Any clues? How about using the PASSWORD function directly? SELECT PASSWORD('thepassword'), Password FROM user WHERE User='username'; -- if they match, the unencrypted password matches. Alternatively

PASSWORD function

2002-01-03 Thread Jose Alvarez
Dear friends, I am quite new to MySql and database development in general. I am doing my first db ever. I came across a problem following the instructios in teh book beginning PHP4 by Wankyu et al., Wrox. The exercise is to create a user table, contaning user id?s and passwords. The

RE: PASSWORD function

2002-01-03 Thread Rick Emery
It works fine for me. How big is your password field in the table? It should be: char(16) -Original Message- From: Jose Alvarez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PASSWORD function Dear friends, I am quite new to MySql

password() function not used when creating root password

2001-02-19 Thread root
I have just created a root password in MySQL without using the PASSWORD function. In the user table i put in a root password, like this. mysql UPDATE user SET Password='new_password' WHERE user='root'; mysql FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Now i am denied access. How do start the mysql server now

Re: password() function not used when creating root password

2001-02-19 Thread Rolf Hopkins
Look up skip grants in the manual. - Original Message - From: "root" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 16:09 Subject: password() function not used when creating root password I have just created a root password in MySQL without using th