Hubert depesz Lubaczewski wrote:
> hi
> i have strange error.
> none (except trust) auythorization methods do work under 7.3devel.
> i tried: password, crypt and md5. i set passwords using:
> alter user pgdba with password 'aaa';
> and
> alter user pgdba with encrypted password 'aaa';
>
> none combination works.
> in fact (since password is required when starting postmaster) i can not
> even start postmaster. what could be the reason?
> my machine is intel celeron with linux:
>
> $ rpm -q glibc gcc
> glibc-2.2.5-7
> gcc-2.95.4-0.20010823.3
>
> what else should i tell for you to be able to help me?
OK, I have applied the following patch to fix the failure. Thanks for
finding this. I had modified the code to handle quoted strings better
and didn't re-test the password code.
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