Re: pgAdmin III 1.6.2 sends plaintext password

patrimith wrote:
> Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists) wrote:
>
>> What is the value of "password_encryption" in your PostgreSQL server's
>> postgresql.conf file?
>>
>> [root(at)byron ~]# cat /endeavour/dbstore/postgresql.conf|grep
>> 'password_encryption'
>> password_encryption = on
>> [root(at)byron ~]#
>>
>>
>
> That's the value in my PostgreSQL server's postgresql.conf.
>
> Are you saying that pgAdmin knows the password_encryption setting for the
> server?
>

I'm not sure, but I'd hazard a guess it's the underlying libpq library
that during the handshake works out which authentication scheme to use.
How was your user created? When you add a new login role, it stores the
encrypted password in the login profile:

CREATE ROLE test LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD
'md505a671c66aefea124cc08b76ea6d30bb'
NOINHERIT
VALID UNTIL 'infinity';

If the value of password_encryption was set to off when the user was
created, I'd guess it would create it with a plain-text password (not
100% sure.)

> I'd like to be able to connect using both plaintext and md5-encrypted
> passwords to the same server depending on the environment in which the
> client lives.
>

Create a different line in pg_hba.conf for each host environment
(network IP range), using the relevant "password" or "md5" keyword.

Andy.