As a matter of fact, I was able to "hack" passwd file support back in. It wasn't too hard, but if anyone is interested in seeing the patch, e-mail me privately.
Michael On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Michael Allman wrote: > > I am migrating from 7.2 -> 7.4. I can't figure out how to move the > > crypt()'ed passwords I made with pg_password utility into the pg_shadow > > table. All I can find in the documentation is (in 7.3 release notes) > > > > Remove secondary password file capability and pg_password utility > > (Bruce) > > If I remember correctly, you can't. We now perfer MD5, where we can > store the information encrypted in the database, and use random salt > over the wire. > > We cant unencrypt the crypt values so unfortunately you have to reenter > them. You can do it using ALTER USER now. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
