Postgre security

Hello,

I'm struggling with the methods of user authentication that Postgre uses.
I would like to be able to use the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file to
authenticate users. That way users could easily control their own
passwords by telnet-ing in to the machine.

I've tried the following line in my pg_hba.conf file:

"local all password /etc/passwd"

But to no good return. I think that my system (Linux 2.0.34) is using a
different encryption algorithm that Postgre.

For the password "temptemp", my system produces the following:

"3aBwsRu.LzR4k"

While Postgre's pg_passwd yields:

"VsHWG150vpTic"

Any insight into this matter would be greatly appreciated.

thanks much,
Adam

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