| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Eugene Prokopiev <prokopiev(at)stc(dot)donpac(dot)ru> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: How to read cleartext user password from pgsql database |
| Date: | 2006-07-14 12:13:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20060714121322.GC551@svana.org |
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 03:21:01PM +0400, Eugene Prokopiev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to read cleartext user password from pgsql database? In
> this link
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/view-pg-user.html
> explained that password always reads as ********. But I need to use
> pgsql login/password as authentication info for another service.
You can't get back the cleartext password, it's hashed.
To see the hashed password you need to bypass the view, see pg_shadow.
The docs should say something about how the hash is calcualted.
Hope this helps,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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