Re: Auth users and command pg_passwd

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: TooManySecrets <toomany(at)toomany(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Auth users and command pg_passwd
Date: 2003-02-13 19:34:16
Message-ID: 200302131934.h1DJYGR06519@candle.pha.pa.us
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pg_password is gone. Few were using it, and now we encrypt the
passwords stored in pg_shadow. Were you sharing your /etc/password file
with PostgreSQL, or did you have another reason for using pg_password?

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TooManySecrets wrote:
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> Hi.
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> One year ago, I was worked with postgresql 7.1. In this, my pg_hba.conf was
> "finished-line" like this; password <path/to/file_passwords>
>
> Then, when I have one year whitout "touch" anything about postgres, I have
> compiled postgresql, but I do not find the command "pg_passwd" to create a
> file of passwords with same ciphered(coded).
> Where the command is "pg_passwd" in the version 7.2.3? Already it does not
> exist? With what command it has been replaced? I do not manage to find
> nothing of this in the documentation.
>
> I will apologize about my bad english... Sorry.
>
> Thank you very much!!
>
> - --
> Have a nice day ;-)
> TooManySecrets
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