I'm guessing what will happen is he'll generate the unique password and tell
the user what it is and then allow them to change it to something they want.
This way no one has a default password that someone else has.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodolphe Toots" <rudde@t...>
To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: [pro_php] Re: on the fly!!!!


> i still wonder why anyone needs unique passwords.
> as long as the usernames are unique there is no problem generating
"almost"
> unique passwords
> am i wrong?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <guru@i...>
> To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:38 PM
> Subject: [pro_php] Re: on the fly!!!!
>
>
> > Gee,i never knew that a simple password generation code could bring
about
> > so many interesting comments...
> >
> > hehehe
> >
> > anyways, so whats the best code to use...
> >
> > should i take into consideration the function rand() and time and
> > microtime under SQL or is there a better suggestion...and by the way i
am
> > not going to be using sysydate for the relief of many...
> >
> > ideas????????