Re: md5 in pg_shadow? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: md5 in pg_shadow?
Date
Msg-id 20050512224017.GA55711@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to md5 in pg_shadow?  (subhash@nmsu.edu)
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 03:01:17PM -0600, subhash@nmsu.edu wrote:
>
> I was trying to write a function to validate the username and its password in
> the pg_shadow table. The function should take in the username and password as
> arguments and see if it matches with those in the pg_shadow table. But the md5
> hashed password in pg_shadow doesnot match with what i get when i do
> select 'md5' || md5('some_password');

Try this:

SELECT 'md5' || md5('some_password' || 'some_user');

-- 
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/


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