Retrieving Password

Celebri-Net · Post by **Celebri-Net** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:51 pm

Is there any way to get your previous mySQL PW from a backup?

Post by **garvinhicking** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:54 am

Hi!

No, you can only set a new password using phpMyAdmin or other MySQL tools.

Passwords are stored as md5 hashes, there is no real way to retrieve them (unless using brute force or rainbow tables).

Best regards,
Garvin

Celebri-Net · Post by **Celebri-Net** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:30 pm

thanks for the help gavin, I'll look into it...

Retrieving Password

Retrieving Password

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