Re: user authentication crash

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Erik Luke" <eluke(at)cs(dot)montana(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: user authentication crash
Date: 2001-08-20 15:08:31
Message-ID: 8739.998320111@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Erik Luke" <eluke(at)cs(dot)montana(dot)edu> writes:
> Upon trying to connect to the postgres backend by psql (with password
> authentication enabled), postgres crashes saying "FATAL 1: Bad abstime
> external representation ' '". I have also gotten '@!' and '/g!' in addition
> to the ' '.

It would seem that there's bogus info in the "valid until" column of
your password file. What's in $PGDATA/pg_pwd?

regards, tom lane

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