Re: pg_hba.conf and crypt/password

Jim Mercer writes:

> i seem to recall setting this up before, but now i can't seem to
> get passwords working the way i want.
>
> i'm running 7.0.3 on FreeBSD 4.3-RC.
>
> i've set the entry in pg_hba.conf to both "crypt" and "password".
>
> i've used "ALTER USER pgsql WITH PASSWORD 'test';
>
> regardless of "crypt" or "password", psql allows entry using "test".

This is correct.

> what i want is for the pg_shadow file to contain encrypted passwords like
> /etc/passwd, and for the server to encrypt the plain text password handed
> to it and compare with the crypto-gunge in pg_shadow.

This is not possible.

> is this not what "crypt" is supposed to do?

Crypt encrypts the password on the wire, not in the storage.

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