Re: passwords and 7.3 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Curt Sampson
Subject Re: passwords and 7.3
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.4.51.0301272142260.493@angelic.cynic.net
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In response to Re: passwords and 7.3  (Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas.Kowalski@imag.fr>)
Responses Re: passwords and 7.3
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On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Nicolas Kowalski wrote:

> Our PostgreSQL installation heavily depends on this external passwords
> file. This one is generated from a global NIS (standard crypt method)
> database, and thus allows users to connect to the databases without
> the need to change yet another password.

I know it's a bunch of programming work, but if you use "unencrypted"
passwords (i.e., crypt-style rather than MD5) for the users in the db,
could you not write a program that reads the pg_user table directly, and
then updates those passwords that need updating?

cjs
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