md5 passwords in 7.2.3 ?

Just a quick check - are these supposed to work?

I'm running PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and connecting remotely - psql
seems to handle MD5 password auth (as specified in g_hba.conf) transparently,
but a very simple java app craps out :

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import java.sql.*;

public class simpletest {

public static void main(String args[]) {

if ( args.length != 4 ) { usage(); }
try {
simpletest me = new simpletest();
me.connect(args);
} catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
}

public simpletest(){}

private void connect(String args[]) {

try {
Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
} catch (ClassNotFoundException c) {
c.printStackTrace();
}

String user = args[0]; String pass = args[1];
String host = args[2]; String db = args[3];

String url = "jdbc:postgresql://" + host + "/" + db;

try {
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pass);
} catch (SQLException s) {
s.printStackTrace();
}

}

private static void usage() {
System.err.println("usage\nsimpletest user pass host db");
System.exit(0);
}
}
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Runing
java simpletest user pass host db
<names changed to protect the innocent>
gives me this error:

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Something unusual has occured to cause the driver to fail. Please report this exception: Exception: java.sql.SQLException: FATAL 1: Password authentication failed for user "user"

Stack Trace:

java.sql.SQLException: FATAL 1: Password authentication failed for user "user"

at org.postgresql.Connection.openConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:517)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at simpletest.connect(simpletest.java:38)
at simpletest.main(simpletest.java:14)
End of Stack Trace

at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:517)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at simpletest.connect(simpletest.java:38)
at simpletest.main(simpletest.java:14)
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BUT it works (i.e. java exits without errors) if I setup another db
with a plaintext password in pg_shadow, so it seems related to MD5 .

Am I missing a step somewhere?
>From a quick glance at the driver source, I think the driver
should be informed what password encoding to use by the server - in which case, I
wouldn't have thought the client *could* specify an encoding scheme.

I did check the archives and FAQ before posting, but couldn't tell if this was still
an issue...

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