----- Original Message ----- > Hello, > > When I inserted the user in to the mysql database I have a field > called password it's a varchar(64) field. For the password value I > used mysql's sha function so the entry looked like: > > sha('password') > > won the insert line. > > I'm not sure if that answers your question. Let me repeat my last question: Does the password look like httpd expects the password to look? Now, let me quote from the document ( http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/misc/password_encryptions.html ) I linked: """" SHA1 $ htpasswd -nbs myName myPassword myName:{SHA}VBPuJHI7uixaa6LQGWx4s+5GKNE= """" Does your password look like this? {SHA}VBPuJHI7uixaa6LQGWx4s+5GKNE= i -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: i.galic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://brainsware.org/ GPG: 6880 4155 74BD FD7C B515 2EA5 4B1D 9E08 A097 C9AE --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx