Re: pg_hba.conf and crypt/password

Jim Mercer wrote:
  >
  >i seem to recall setting this up before, but now i can't seem to
  >get passwords working the way i want.
  >
  >i'm running 7.0.3 on FreeBSD 4.3-RC.
  >
  >i've set the entry in pg_hba.conf to both "crypt" and "password".
  >
  >i've used "ALTER USER pgsql WITH PASSWORD 'test';
  >
  >regardless of "crypt" or "password", psql allows entry using "test".
  >
  >what i want is for the pg_shadow file to contain encrypted passwords like
  >/etc/passwd, and for the server to encrypt the plain text password handed
  >to it and compare with the crypto-gunge in pg_shadow.
  >
  >is this not what "crypt" is supposed to do?

'crypt' encrypts the password during transmission; apart from that there
is no difference from 'password'.

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