php's (and perl's) md5() is just an md5 digest - in dbmail,
look for a makemd5() function and you're set.
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From: Micah <dbmail-dev@dbmail.org>
To: Jesse Norell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DBMAIL Developers Mailinglist
<dbmail-dev@dbmail.org>
Subject: Re: [Dbmail-dev] crypt pw comparison.
Sent: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:22:52 -0700
> Okay. Thanks, now I have to figure out how to convert the hex string that the
> php md5() function returns into something that I can compare with. I have a
> funny feeling I'm going to end up writing my own md5 routine.
>
> -Micah
>
>
> On Wednesday 02 June 2004 02:00 pm, Jesse Norell wrote:
> > > Yet, the auth function in mysqlauth.c uses the password as the salt:
> > >
> > > -- snip --
> > > else if ( strcasecmp(__auth_row[2], "crypt") == 0)
> > > {
> > > trace (TRACE_DEBUG,"auth_validate(): validating using crypt()
> > > encryption");
> > > is_validated = (strcmp( (const char *) crypt(password,
> > > __auth_row[1]), __auth_row[1]) == 0) ? 1 : 0;
> > > }
> > > -- snip --
> > >
> > > or am I misreading this?
> >
> > Nope, that's indeed how it works. The same thing works with md5 hash
> > passwords, as the first 8 chars are the salt (and the same crypt()
> > function handles them both).
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jesse Norell
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not my email address;
> > change "administrator" to my first name.
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Jesse Norell
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