Re: Password Encryption - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Password Encryption
Date
Msg-id 200301262351.h0QNpam17457@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Password Encryption  (Raúl Gutiérrez Sánchez <raul@laeff.esa.es>)
List pgsql-admin
Yes, it is.  We now recommend MD5, and have since 7.2.  The only way to
use crypt still is to store the password UNENCRYPTED in ALTER USER.

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Ra�l Guti�rrez S�nchez wrote:
> I have tried to perform a cryp authentication but it seems not to work
> if the user passwords are stored md5-encrypted in the database. Is this
> behaviour normal?.
>
> Regards,
> Raul Gutierrez
>
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