Re: md5 doesn't work (Was Re: Pet Peeves?)

In response to rhubbell <Rhubbell(at)iHubbell(dot)com>:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:34:00 -0800 (PST)
> Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, rhubbell wrote:
> >
> > > Umm, because md5 doesn't work and trust does work.
> >
> > Generally this is because you haven't yet set a password for the postgres
> > user. You have to set a password for at least the postgres user via ALTER
> > ROLE while you've still got it set to trust or ident before changing to md5.
>
> Yeah, yeah, did all that, didn't work. Sorry, still a "Pet Peeve". (^;
> While you mention it, another "Pet Peeve" was the use of ident. Yikes.

_My_ point was that a broken md5 (which is still under debate) doesn't
force you to use trust. There are other auth options like crypt and
password.

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