Re: Creating md5 passwords in PHP for the PostgreSQL pg_shadow table

Hi David,

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately, thats not quite the problem. I want to create passwords
that will work in the pg_shadow table. So, I need them to be calculated
in exactly the same way PostgreSQL does when you do a CREATE USER
matthew WITH PASSWORD testing.

For example, If I create a user in PostgreSQL called 'matthew' with
password 'testing', I get pg_shadow entry with passwd:

md5759af56ffaf865413f7a50b4fae20ea3

but, if I do a simple md5 of 'testing' like you've done below, I get:

ae2b1fca515949e5d54fb22b8ed95575

As you can see, those don't match.

Perhaps I'm missing something though?

Cheers

Matthew.

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 05:27 AM, David Busby wrote:

> Matthew,
> I just use something like
> $pass = $_POST['pass'];
> $e_pass = md5($passs);
> Maybe not as secure as two md5s, but have you ever tried to
> reverse one
> md5 checksum?

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