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Re: MySQL's PASSWORD() function

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On 6/14/2011 2:41 PM, qtrimble wrote:
> On Jun 14, 2:13 pm, Luuk<L...@invalid.lan>  wrote:
>> On 14-06-2011 20:03, qtrimble wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using WAMPSERVER for my development environment (MySQL v 5.1.553,
>>> PHP v 5.3.4) . The software that I am modifying uses the MySQL
>>> PASSWORD() function which works fine locally.  After moving the code
>>> and database to the production server (MySQL v 5.0.77, PHP v 5.3.3) I
>>> cannot log in.
>>
>>> Is there anything other than the versions that could cause this
>>> behavior?  I was thinking maybe PHP extensions but I do not know what
>>> the PASSWORD() function depends on.
>>
>> Something changed about storing passwords in MySQL between version 4.x
>> and 5.0
>>
>> A compatibility switch was introduced in 5.0
>>
>> I think it no longer exists in 5.1
>>
>> All info is here:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/password-hashing.html
>>
>> If you have access to both systems check the output of:
>> SELECT PASSWORD('something');
>>
>> and see if the output on both systems is the same,...
>>
>> --
>> Luuk
>
> The documentation states that prior to MySQL 4.1, password hashes
> computed by the PASSWORD() function are 16 bytes long which is what
> the result is when I tried your suggestion (SELECT
> PASSWORD('something')) on my production server but my production
> server MySQL version is 5.0.77.  My development server is returning 41
> byte.  I also never did an upgrade which the documentation suggests
> upgrading to 4.1 and then to 5 or higher.  I installed 5.0.77
> directly.  This seems strange to me...any suggestions?

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MySQL's PASSWORD() function qtrimble <qtrimble@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 11:03 -0700
  Re: MySQL's PASSWORD() function Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan> - 2011-06-14 20:13 +0200
    Re: MySQL's PASSWORD() function qtrimble <qtrimble@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 11:41 -0700
      Re: MySQL's PASSWORD() function Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-14 15:55 -0400
      Re: MySQL's PASSWORD() function Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan> - 2011-06-14 22:00 +0200
  Re: MySQL's PASSWORD() function "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-06-15 11:26 +0200

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