Re: [users@httpd] htpasswd -c -m -b validation

[Andrew Clarke <ac...@civica.com.au>]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:57, iyappans@sahasrasolutions.com wrote:
>
>     i ve the http password file  which is encrypted using htpasswd -c -m
> -b command  i.e the password which is encrypted using md5 algorithm .i
> want to validate the user input password against the stored encrypted
> password

Umm, if you know their user name and what the password should be, then what 
about trying to access an area using that password?

things like MD5 are not designed to be unrolled.

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