Re: passwd / pg_hba.conf - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: passwd / pg_hba.conf
Date
Msg-id 397.1015012956@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to passwd / pg_hba.conf  (Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>)
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Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> #   password:   Authentication is done by matching a password supplied
> #               in clear by the host. If no AUTH_ARGUMENT is used, the
> #               password is compared with the user's entry in the
> #               pg_shadow table.

> It seems to me that this doesn't work for encrypted passwords stored in
> pg_shadow?

You mean MD5 passwords?  It should work; leastwise I don't see why the
client side would make a difference.  Please be more specific about your
setup.

            regards, tom lane

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