RV: Creating users

 nobody knows how to create users using c++ builder??

 Many thanks in advance

 Miguel


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cedar Cox <cedarc@visionforisrael.com>
> To: Miguel Gonzalez <jffernandez@usuarios.retecal.es>
> Cc: <pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 9:23 PM
> Subject: RE: [ODBC] Creating users
>
>
> >
> > >  By the way, where I can get the pgAdmin tool? I have read that it is
> the
> > > best tool for administrating PostgreSQL in Windows.
> >
> > hmm.. Dave?  Where is it?  Google says www.pgadmin.freeserve.co.uk
(which
> > doesn't work).  I couldn't find it on the PG website.
> >
> > >  Also I would like to ask something OFF-TOPIC. I have searched on the
> web,
> > > read docs and ask in other mailing list but nobody tells me how the
> password
> > > politics in PostgreSQL works. I would like to have some kind on
> encryption
> > > accessing the database, I have tried to set in the pg_hba.conf an
entry
> for
> > > the host where my C++ application is, but when I use the crypt option
> rather
> > > than password, I cannot connect through the ODBC driver.
> >
> > The pg_hba.conf crypt option is only for encrypting during
authentication
> > (ie. login).  The windows ODBC driver doesn't support crypt (IMHO,
> > pointless anyway as everything after that is not encrypted.  There have
> > been discussions about this in the past).  How passwords are stored
inside
> > the database is an entirely different issue.  I think someone wrote a
> > patch to do this or something similar.  IIRC it was a 'crypt'
(character)
> > data type, or maybe just some functions.  In any case, you must be a
> > database superuser to read the passwords.
> >
> > -Cedar
> >
> >
> >
>