Re: password file for crypt authentication fails

it should be just list of users without passwords

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Dimitry

Monday, January 28, 2002, 11:24:13 PM, Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos wrote:

> Goal:
> create a passwd.txt file using pg_passwd and use it with "crypt" authentication to override the pg_shadow password of some users in accessing a specific database

> Method:
> 1. add this entry to pg_hba.conf
> host specific_DB xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy crypt passwd.txt
> 2. connect with remote client as:
> psql -h hostname -U username specific_DB

> Result:
> if I try this with auth method "crypt", it fails and when I say fails I mean it uses the default password found in pg_shadow instead of the one in passwd.txt
> But if I use as auth method "password", it works fine i.e. overrides the pg_shadow password and uses the one found in passwd.txt

> The manual says:
> " To restrict the set of users that are allowed to connect to certain databases, list the set of users in a separate file (one user name per line) in the same directory that pg_hba.conf is
> in, and mention the (base) name of the file after the password or crypt keyword, respectively, in pg_hba.conf."

> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

> TIA,
> thalis

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