phpMyAdmin pswd hash

Hi all: My simple php authenticate script refuses to work, whenever I have a hash of the password stored in the database-table. (having used phpMyAdmin2.1.0 to do it) It seems to work okay without it but then I'll have a plain text password stored in my DB, not a good plan you'll agree. Strange thing is at about the same time I noticed this, something seems to have gone awry with my Apache 1.3.14 web-server, (on RH 6.1), in that it will encode a .htpasswd file for me no-probs, but when it is placed in a .htpasswd/.htacess duo it refuses to accept the password I just gave it! (having tried several times) Does phpMyAdmin rely on the same encoding mechanism for hashing passwords? I've nver had this trouble - before anyone asks wether my Apache http authentication has ever worked! (it has) Any help will prevent my head becoming more sore than it is rapidly becoming! cheers. Russ #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam http://gertrude.sipu.anglia.ac.uk/webteam r.j.michell@anglia.ac.uk +44 (0)1223 363271 ext 2331 www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------#