Re: PASSWORD vs. md5('somepass')

Thanks, I was here <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createrole.html>.

Am 20.03.2012 um 16:55 schrieb Josh Kupershmidt:

> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Alexander Reichstadt <lxr(at)mac(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I look for a way to reproduce the encrypted string stored as a password by means other than using the CREATE ROLE command.
>>
>> When using CREATE ROLE........PASSWORD 'somepass' the resulting string for rolpassword in pg_authid always starts with md5, suggesting it would create some md5 string. So I thought to use SELECT md5('somepass') to get the same.
>>
>> But the two strings differ. Is there a function that does that outside the create role context?
>
> See pg_authid's explanation of the rolpassword column:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/catalog-pg-authid.html
>
> which you can reproduce via:
> SELECT 'md5' || MD5(role_password_here || role_name_here);
>
> Josh
>
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