do different php installs handle password encryption differently?

[dsdsdsdsd]

hello.

 

I am installing a joomla site on a client server. So far the site works fine on my local machine, fine on my hosted development server.

 

The specific problem I am having is that when I attempt to login to the joomla administrator, my un/pw fail, but I can see in the database that the un/pw are there ... BUT the pw is encrypted.

 

So I was thinking that maybe on my server's php install that when a password is encrypted, maybe it uses encryption-algorithm-AAA, which checks positive against the database value, BUT on the client's server maybe a encryption-algorithm-BBB is being used, and thus checks false against the stored AAA-generated value.

 

any thoughts?

 

thanks,

Shannon

[xyph]

Generally, a well hashed password will use system-specific information when hashing.