Echo appends a linebreak, try using "echo -n" instead. /Björn
10 aug 2011 kl. 17:37 skrev "Rajeev Prasad" <rp.ne...@yahoo.com<mailto:rp.ne...@yahoo.com>>: Hi, I am not able to figure why SH1Sum authentication type is not working.... in sql table: userid: test2 sh1sum password stored: 9054fbe0b622c638224d50d20824d2ff6782e308 I computed sha2sum password as below: $ echo test2|sha1sum 9054fbe0b622c638224d50d20824d2ff6782e308 - in apache config: AuthMySQL_Encryption_Types SHA1Sum * Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) * MySQL client version: 5.1.49 and it does not authenticate, i get NO error in apache error or access logs. for the user test who ha splain text password stored " AuthMySQL_Encryption_Types PlainText " works. so when it is working for plaintext why not for sha1sum encrypted???