Re: RE : mod_auth_pgsql & encryption

Quoting Bruno BAGUETTE <pgsql-ml(at)baguette(dot)net>:

> > I'm personally using mod_auth_pgsql against a user table with
> > encrypted passwords. To properly encrypt them I am using the
> > contrib pgcrypto module and something like
>
> Hello,
>
> Can you tell me what version of mod_auth_pgsql do you use ? And the
> Apache version ?
>
> I'm currently having problems with mod_auth_pgsql 2.0.1 that causes a
> PostgreSQL denial of service (max connection is reached because
> mod_auth_pgsql don't close the backend connection).
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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This is slightly off the topic but in regards to using encrypted passwords. How
does one "recover" the password in the database if at all? I think I might be
under the false pretense that the encryption is similar to a modern *nix
password file. Thanks.

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