Re: bug in pgadmin III

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Andreas Pflug" <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, "Michiel Lange" <Michiel_Lange(at)actuera(dot)com>, "[pgADMIN]" <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bug in pgadmin III
Date: 2003-11-17 16:52:41
Message-ID: 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B871FFE6@mail.vale-housing.co.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
> Sent: 17 November 2003 16:45
> To: Michiel Lange; [pgADMIN]
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] bug in pgadmin III
>
> Michiel Lange wrote:
>
> >Well... I thought PgAdmin sends SQL commands to the database, right?
> >
> >
> As you can see on each property dialog's SQL page.
>
> >So, if you do
> >CREATE USER <user> WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWD '<pwd>'?
> >
> >
> ENCRYPTED PASSWORD is for dump/restore purposes (i.e. if you
> don't know the plain text password). I don't see the point
> for using encryption with online password changes.

Saves sending it in plaintext over the wire, or displaying it on screen
anywhere.

Regards, Dave.

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