Re: [GENERAL] Require entry of MD5 hash instead of plaintext password?

2007-08-04 Thread mwsenecal
On Jul 28, 12:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Fuhr) wrote:
 On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:33:37AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Is there a way to configure PostgreSQL 8.0 so that when prompted for a
  password, the user enters the MD5 hash of his password, instead of the
  normal plaintext password?

 What problem are you trying to solve?

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Curiosity, mostly. When creating a user you can specify the password
as an MD5 hash. I was just wondering if you could also submit a
password in that form (the assumption being that a trusted external
application had performed the hashing).


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Re: [GENERAL] Require entry of MD5 hash instead of plaintext password?

2007-07-28 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:33:37AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Is there a way to configure PostgreSQL 8.0 so that when prompted for a
 password, the user enters the MD5 hash of his password, instead of the
 normal plaintext password?

What problem are you trying to solve?

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Michael Fuhr

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