decrypt MySQL Password

[jludwig]

On Tuesday 13 June 2006 7:54 am, Rob Andrews wrote:
> On 13-Jun-2006 12:36.54 (BST), Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>  > I have a situation here how can i decrypt the mysql database userrs
>  > password
>
> As I gather, passwords created with the MySQL PASSWORD() function are
> hashes, you can't just "decrypt" them as each successive character alters
> the hash of the previous character.
>
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In other words it is a one way encryption.
The only way I know to find the password is by brute force, that is encrypting 
a password and comparing it to the hash.

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