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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