The username is the salt. -- Robert Abernethy IV Dynamic Edge, Inc. 734.975.0460
> I am trying to figure out exactly how to set someone's password when > using MD5 passwords in postgres. I am trying to automate some > features, and still can't figure out what I am doing wrong. MD5 of > the password is obviously not wha is used by itself, since that > would be insecure, but I can't figure out what the salt is. What > exactly is psotgres passing to the MD5 hash to make up that > incredible unintelligible stream of characters that it stores in > the password field of the pg_shadow table? > > desperate, > > Carlos > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
