Re: WIP: SCRAM authentication - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: WIP: SCRAM authentication
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In response to Re: WIP: SCRAM authentication  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> I would start by pointing out that pg_user currently uses pg_shadow..
> Why do we need pg_shadow or pg_user or related views at all..?

pg_user/pg_shadow have the advantage to be world-readable and mask
password values.
-- 
Michael



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