Re: Encrypting pg_shadow passwords

From: missive(at)frontiernet(dot)net (Lee Harr)
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Encrypting pg_shadow passwords
Date: 2001-06-26 21:11:00
Message-ID: 9hatp4$177s$1@node21.cwnet.roc.gblx.net
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I am not sure this fits in to this discussion (I guess I think
it does, since I am posting this message...)

We talk about how it is not good to be storing plain text
passwords, but I don't know what people are doing about
clients which are expected to connect without input from
an authorized user (ie. web scripts, or other public
applications with access to the database)

I have been:
creating users with minimum possible privileges, and
storing password in file with minimum possible privileges

What other options are there?

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