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Logging into a babel server running on windows is not possible because mysql uses it's built in "ENCRYPT" function to hash the user's password. "If crypt() is not available on your system (as is the case with Windows), ENCRYPT() always returns NULL." http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_encrypt Gabe O'Brien: To remedy the situation for local testing and developing on Windows we might want to define a constant like WINDOWS_ENVIRONMENT. When WINDOWS_ENVIRONMENT is set to true use a different set of MySQL queries that use the PHP MD5 command or something else like that to obfuscate the password for storing in the database.
Created attachment 108760 [details] patch to allow authentication on both windows and linux PHP5 has a built-in "crypt()" function that works EXACTLY the same as the mySQL "ENCRYPT()" function. I created and tested the following patch on windows and linux and it produces the same hash results as the MySQL function. Since the hash is an input to the crypt function, and this was previously handled at the database layer, one additional database call must be made at the application layer to replicate the same user authentication: first, one to get their hash and then second to actually execute the authentication against the hash.
I've committed your patch -- thanks.
I've tested this on the staging area. It's ready for release. Thanks again for the patch. Gabe: this is the bug you were looking for.
Sure was Denis.. thanks for committing these changes.
