MYSQL :: Passwords For Myadmin

PHP MyAdmin
I'm new to MySQL and PHP MyAdmin. I installed an apache server on my machine and got the MySQL running easily but now I can't seem to get PHP MyAdmin to work. The error message I got was:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_get_client_info() in ./libraries/common.lib.php on line 306

I'm not quite sure what to do because I assumed when I downloaded this package it would have everything I need. Can you tell me how to fix this error or where to get a complete version of PHP MyAdmin?

MySQL-PHP MyADMIN
In MySQL-PHP MyADMIN the relation features have been disabled. This is a fresh install on a new machine. I am new to php my admin and have checked the help give of this error and still unsure how to correct.
Message received:
The additional Features for working with linked Tables have been
deactivated. To find out why click here.
then...
PMA Database ... not OK[ Documentation ]
General relation features Disabled "

Passwords
1. I know in mySql you need a username and a password to access a database. However, can you set a username and password (or even just a password) to access a table or a row?

2. Is there a way you can set a database so you can only add data?

3. is there a way I can have people access values to a database (php) without using a password?

4. is there a way to set up diffrent users (with diffrent permissions) for accessing mySQL data?

5. Any comments about how I can get alot of people accessing a database, from diffrent websites, with keeping i as secure as possible?

Passwords
i've written a windows based from end for a mysql database that will work across a local intranet, it stores usernames and passwords for a reporting system, what is the best way to store the passwords int he db? i.e encrypted or?

Passwords & DBI/DBD
I installed the current stable release of MySQL from RPMs. I used the client
and server packages.

After installing the server package, the RPM printed a note saying I should
run two commands. I only got the first one, which was
# ./mysqladmin -u root --password
I assume this gave the root user a password.

I then downloaded and proceeded to compile the Perl DBI and DBD:mysql
packages. The DBI package installed fine after I also installed the
"MySQL-devel" RPM. Code:

Passwords
I want to store some passwords in a MySQL table. Is there any way of
preventing someone using say COntrolcentre from viewing the passwords.

Passwords
I am just starting out using mySQL. I created some databases and tables and
installed mySQLcc to ease my usage. After about 4 months, I've needed to
make some changes that needed root access. I appearantly wrote down the
wrong password so I couldn't make any changes. In the process of trying to
change the password I think I changed it again and unsynced mySQL and
mySQLcc because now I can't access any of the databases with any user.
Although I can still open mySQLcc, it can't connect to the database. I get
access denied no matter what I do. Is there a way to clear the passwords
and start over? Where are the passwords kept? Or do I have to remove
mySQL and reinstall it and start over?

Transferring Passwords
I tried doing a search but did not find the answer I was looking for.

I just redesigned the database that I had created a few months ago. I broke my one single table up into multiple tables.
My problem is that in my old large table I had a password column that is populated by using Password(). Is there a way for me to transfer the info from that column to my new broken down table set?

I did not create a new database when I broke up the large table, I just built my new tables around it so they are all stored in the same database. I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not.

Is it possible for me to just copy and paste the info from one of the fields into the new table? Or will that break the encryption?

Inserting Passwords Into DB
I have a couple of questions concerning the insertion of encrypted passwords into a mysql database (4.0)
first, some admins seem to think it's a good idea to feed the password in plaintxt to the db and have the db encrypt and store it. I tend to think this is less secure seeing as there is no seperation between the data and the encrypt/decrypt

so therefore encrypt the password beforehand and I want to insert nand retreive it that way. What type should I be using with the store, and what's the best way to store and retrieve it with that type?

Passwords / Authentication
I have just started messing around with MySQL and something I find weird is that we connecting using localhost, if I supply the password, it will not authenticate...if I leave the password off, it's fine.If I connect from another machine, it requires the password or it will not authenticate.Is that normal?

Transferred DB, Now Passwords Not Working..
We just switched hosting companies and transferred 3 of our DB's from the old server to the new. Everything seemed to go alright. Our sites are reading from the DB's however none of the users from our DB can log into the website.

When a user signs up to the site we use the MYSQL PASSWORD() function to enter the users passwords into the DB.

How To Encrpyt Passwords In Database?
I'm making a user login system with PHP/MySQL & when users sign up & such I want their password put into the database & encrpyted... how do you do this?

Encripting Passwords In Mysql
Is there any way to encript a password in a mysql database, so that if anyone looks in the database, they wont know peoples passwords?

Encoding Passwords In MySQL
I am developing a database application in which I store usernames and
passwords. Naturally I want to store the passwords in an encrypted form.
However, just like you see in many web applications, I want to be able
to email the users password back to them should they forget their old
password.

I looked at how to store the password data in MySQL and they recommend
using MD5 or SHA. Both of these appear to be one way encryption
routines. IOW once I encrypt and store the users password there is no
way to unencrypt it.

How can I store passwords in my SQL database such that I can convert
them back to plain text when the user requests them?

Problem With (hashed) Passwords
I my program I have my own login form from which I forward username and password to (ADO)ConnectionString, and then make Connection Active.
But, MySQL Server reports error 'Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client'
Newest version of server (and client) is installed.
Help says that server uses hashed password when user is attemp to connect.
How can I provide hashed password from my application?

User Accounts With Passwords
I am able to connect to the database using users that are not password protected. After updating privileges to use passwords and changing login info(in a php document) I recieve the following error from the php document:

Warning: mysql_query(): Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in c:inetpubwwwrootgindex.php on line 9

Warning: mysql_query(): A link to the server could not be established in c:inetpubwwwrootgindex.php on line 9

I am attempting to connect as 'test'@'localhost' with the password 'test'. If I remove the password, I can connect no problem.

Can't Add New Users & Passwords To Grant Table
I am running MySQL 4.1.7 on my Windows XP system. I can create databases, ect. on the command line, but when I try to run a PHP script I receive the 'Access denied' error message. I have tried using the Grant command to add a new user but nothing comes up when I show SHOW GRANT except the root user. How do I add the new users for running the PHP script?

Security For Shared Server.xml Passwords
I have an ISP that has the server.xml in a shared environment. The server.xml file is where my password is available for database access under connection pooling. I really would like to use connection pooling.

Does anyone know how I can protect my password from being viewed by others using the same server.xml file? I cannot get the administrator to change the protection of the file because others in the shared environment need to be able to view it.

Hide Mysql Usernames And Passwords
I'm trying to have people access a secure mysql database. If they get to a certain webpage, they have clearance to access the database, and we have one password and one username (that the users do not know). Does anyone know how to have it so the people cannot see the cgi script to access the database?

User Passwords Lost On Reboot
Server 2003 | IIS6 | MySQL 4.1.14-nt-max | phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-pl3

Apart from root, I have only 6 databases and whenever I reboot the server, I have to reset the passwords on 4 db's (using phpMyAdmin). Checking the mysql db, user table I note that the 4 that are causing problems have an asterix *preceding the encrypted password. The passwords that do not change were set with the help of a friend using SQL statements.

Mod_auth_mysql Or Mysql Usernames And Passwords
I'm writing a web app that needs a login page. I'm doing the dev on a
windows box although the final version will go on a Linux box. I can't
find any versions of mod_auth_Mysql precompiled for windows and have no
idea about compiling c.source on windows (or anything to do it with).

Is there a good reason I shouldn't store hashed password in MySQL and
call them from Python scripts instead of using the apache auth module
directly?

People Store Passwords In Database
i used to store the password in database using md5() function but there is no way to retrieve the

password back.

Now i want to know that -
is it standard and secure way to store password?
is there any other technique to store password so i can retrive it back?

Passwords, Permissions, And Blank Users
I have Apache 2 server, PHP5, and the latest MySQL installed on my system. I'm currently reading PHP and MySQL for Dummies (I told you I was a newbie) and trying to work through a few of the examples.One thing I noticed when I looked at the "users" table in the "mysql" database is a blank user with all privileges on localhost. I deleted that entry, set a password for my "root" account, and created another account with a non-blank password.

The problem I am having is that I am trying to connect to the database as "root" with a blank password, and it's still working. I then tried a blank user, and it worked. I tried a random assortment of letters and numbers, and it worked.

Switched To 4.1, Now Passwords Work Differently - How To Adjust?
I switched from MySQL 3.23 to 4.1. I used Pear DB but now, it doesn't seem to work so I switched to Pear MDB2.

I used MySQL Control Center to add a new system user to the MySQL user table but the password was like an nd5 hash instead of the old 16 character password in version 3.23.

When I try to connect it indicates it can not connect.

Binary Column Types / Hashed Passwords
I'm building an asp.net application using MySQL as the database. I've created a table to store usernames and passwords. During user creation and authentication - i'm presenting the db with a hashed password value.

When a hashed password is stored in a db - how should it appear in the table?

In the MySQL table I'm using to store username and passwords, it appears as
system.byte[]. The data type is defined as varchar(16), binary. The field is not behaving as it should during authentication - as long at I enter a valid username, the system authenticates me despite a correct or incorrect password value.

Can anyone help me to define the appropriate column type? My application works fine w/ MS SQL but fails w/ MySql. In MS SQL the field is described as:[PWD] [binary] (16) NULL

Packed Passwords In Command Line Programs
I think this is a trivial newbie question but can only be answered by a guru.

In command line programs, why should passwords be packed with the parameter name?

For example for mysqlimport one would write the command like that:
mysqlimport -u user -ppass

Why not just
mysqlimport -u user -p pass

?

Repost:Binary Column Types / Hashed Passwords
I'm building an asp.net application using MySQL as the database. I've created a table to store usernames and passwords. During user creation and authentication - i'm presenting the db with a hashed password value.

When a hashed password is stored in a db - how should it appear in the table?

In the MySQL table I'm using to store username and passwords, it appears as
system.byte[]. The data type is defined as varchar(16), binary. The field is not behaving as it should during authentication - as long at I enter a valid username, the system authenticates me despite a correct or incorrect password value.

Can anyone help me to define the appropriate column type? My application works fine w/ MS SQL but fails w/ MySql. In MS SQL the field is described as:[PWD] [binary] (16) NULL

Passwords For Myadmin

I am looking for a way to setup a username/password to myadmin. I made the mistake of showing other the website for admin work and now they are messing it all up.