Pardon mf ignorance but what is the easiest way to take the crypted_password that the restful authentication plugin stores in the DB and extract the real password from it so that it can be placed in a variable and then used in a view? I have seen some sources where people are implimenting a forgot and reset function but I just want to get at the password after its been stored.
You don't. The password isn't actually encrypted; rather an SHA1 digest of the password is stored in the DB.
Encryption is difficult, and secure management of the necessary keys is perhaps moreso, so unless its a *requirement* (preferably a somehow reasonable one) that users' passwords be re-retrievable, just implement password reset functionality and be done with it.
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