Re: HELP! Passwords stuck in passwd file!

As a matter of fact, I was able to "hack" passwd file support back in.
It wasn't too hard, but if anyone is interested in seeing the patch,
e-mail me privately.

Michael

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Michael Allman wrote:
> > I am migrating from 7.2 -> 7.4.  I can't figure out how to move the
> > crypt()'ed passwords I made with pg_password utility into the pg_shadow
> > table.  All I can find in the documentation is (in 7.3 release notes)
> >
> >  Remove secondary password file capability and pg_password utility
> >   (Bruce)
>
> If I remember correctly, you can't.  We now perfer MD5, where we can
> store the information encrypted in the database, and use random salt
> over the wire.
>
> We cant unencrypt the crypt values so unfortunately you have to reenter
> them.  You can do it using ALTER USER now.
>
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