Re: Postgres: pg_hba.conf, md5, pg_shadow, encrypted passwords

I think the behaviour on the wire should be more explcitly stated.

cheers

andrew

Bruce Momjian wrote:

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>      The password-based authentication methods are <literal>md5</>,
>      <literal>crypt</>, and <literal>password</>. These methods operate
>      similarly except for the way that the password is sent across the
>!     connection.  However, only <literal>md5</> allows encrypted
>!     passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>;
>!     the other two require unencrypted passwords to be stored there.
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>      The password-based authentication methods are <literal>md5</>,
>      <literal>crypt</>, and <literal>password</>. These methods operate
>      similarly except for the way that the password is sent across the
>!     connection.  However, <literal>crypt</> does not allow encrypted
>!     passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>.
>     </para>
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>     <para>
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