Re: [HACKERS] Postgres: pg_hba.conf, md5, pg_shadow, encrypted passwords

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:38:24 -0700 

* Andrew Dunstan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> The docs say: "only md5 supports encrypted passwords stored in 
> pg_shadow; the other two require unencrypted passwords to be stored 
> there."  So either your assertion that 'password' auth does not imply 
> plaintext password storage is wrong, or the docs are.

The docs are wrong.  Sorry, I knew that and forgot to mention it
explicitly previously.  Using 'password' in pg_hba.conf while using
'with encrypted password'/md5 in pg_shadow works just fine.

Just tested here to make 100% sure, under 8.0.1.

        Thanks,

                Stephen

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