Re: [GENERAL] problems with non-trust authentication methods in 7.3devel?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: depesz(at)depesz(dot)pl
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] problems with non-trust authentication methods in 7.3devel?
Date: 2002-04-25 00:56:10
Message-ID: 200204250056.g3P0uAZ27086@candle.pha.pa.us
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Hubert depesz Lubaczewski wrote:
> hi
> i have strange error.
> none (except trust) auythorization methods do work under 7.3devel.
> i tried: password, crypt and md5. i set passwords using:
> alter user pgdba with password 'aaa';
> and
> alter user pgdba with encrypted password 'aaa';
>
> none combination works.
> in fact (since password is required when starting postmaster) i can not
> even start postmaster. what could be the reason?
> my machine is intel celeron with linux:
>
> $ rpm -q glibc gcc
> glibc-2.2.5-7
> gcc-2.95.4-0.20010823.3
>
> what else should i tell for you to be able to help me?

OK, I have applied the following patch to fix the failure. Thanks for
finding this. I had modified the code to handle quoted strings better
and didn't re-test the password code.

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