http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T09:10:39 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt1113.htm#8603 Right, most sites offer a password generator for password recovery. when they can't recover a password. Better that way anyway... if someone gets the hint or has access to email and they hit forgot password they could know the person's password to not only the service in question but anywhere else the person might use the password. ThisIsMe 0 0 2004-02-20T13:47:49 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt1113.htm#3983 You can't. One thing you could do is provide your users a way of adding a 'password hint' to their accounts so they can retreive it and determine their password that way. Zuchachass 0 0 2003-11-20T09:12:50 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt1113.htm#3761 So how would you give the password back to your user if they ever forgot it if it is hashed? grizzlychicken 0 0 2003-11-12T14:49:35