Re: pg_hba.conf and crypt/password

On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:31:36AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > what i want is for the pg_shadow file to contain encrypted passwords like
> > /etc/passwd, and for the server to encrypt the plain text password handed
> > to it and compare with the crypto-gunge in pg_shadow.
>
> This is not possible.

i had a look at the code, and figured i wanted similar behaviour for:

host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 password /dir/passwd.file

but, rather than have a file, i wanted to use pg_shadow with encrypted
passwords.

so the following patch allows for:

host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 password pg_shadow

where "pg_shadow" is a special key (like "ident sameuser") to set up this
behaviour.

the patch is done in such a way that it will not impact existing installations

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*** auth.c.orig Fri Mar 30 19:37:08 2001
--- auth.c Fri Mar 30 19:28:20 2001
***************
*** 695,701 ****
static int
checkPassword(Port *port, char *user, char *password)
{
! if (port->auth_method == uaPassword && port->auth_arg[0] != '\0')
return verify_password(port->auth_arg, user, password);

return crypt_verify(port, user, password);
--- 695,702 ----
static int
checkPassword(Port *port, char *user, char *password)
{
! if (port->auth_method == uaPassword && port->auth_arg[0] != '\0'
! && strcmp(port->auth_arg, "pg_shadow") != 0)
return verify_password(port->auth_arg, user, password);

return crypt_verify(port, user, password);
*** crypt.c.orig Fri Mar 30 19:38:26 2001
--- crypt.c Fri Mar 30 19:39:07 2001
***************
*** 280,287 ****
* authentication method being used for this connection.
*/

! crypt_pwd =
! (port->auth_method == uaCrypt ? crypt(passwd, port->salt) : passwd);

if (!strcmp(pgpass, crypt_pwd))
{
--- 280,294 ----
* authentication method being used for this connection.
*/

! if (port->auth_method == uaCrypt)
! crypt_pwd = crypt(passwd, port->salt);
! else
! {
! /* if port->auth_arg, encrypt password from client before compare */
! if (port->auth_arg[0] != 0)
! pgpass = crypt(pgpass, passwd);
! crypt_pwd = passwd;
! }

if (!strcmp(pgpass, crypt_pwd))
{