Thread: odbc and crypt authentication

Dear Postgres ODBC People:

     I have an offsite Postgres server that I occasionally access with the MS/ODBC Driver using MS Access. The server
requirescrypt authentication. I have to disable crypt authentication to get the ODBC Driver to work. (Crypt does not
workfor some reason, and the error I get displays a problem regarding crypt). This is not a big issue for me, but I
wouldreally like to know if I am all alone here or if it is a problem everyone knows about. 

Thanks,

Mark McPherson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark@bravo.mcphersontimberlands.com
> [mailto:mark@bravo.mcphersontimberlands.com]
> Sent: 02 December 2003 05:31
> To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
> Subject: [ODBC] odbc and crypt authentication
>
> Dear Postgres ODBC People:
>
>      I have an offsite Postgres server that I occasionally
> access with the MS/ODBC Driver using MS Access. The server
> requires crypt authentication. I have to disable crypt
> authentication to get the ODBC Driver to work. (Crypt does
> not work for some reason, and the error I get displays a
> problem regarding crypt). This is not a big issue for me, but
> I would really like to know if I am all alone here or if it
> is a problem everyone knows about.

Hi Mark,

The ODBC driver doesn't support crypt. MD5 is supported and is generally
preferred these days anyway.

Regards, Dave.