Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CC52E0041 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 16:26:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42180-09 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 16:26:02 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80ADA2E003C for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 16:26:04 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m46JPRpC017563; Tue, 6 May 2008 15:25:27 -0400 (EDT) To: Guy Deleeuw cc: Marcelo Martins , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PQconnectdb question and md5 password In-reply-to: <4820A3BC.9030604@eurofer.be> References: <48202DE2.20805@eurofer.be> <7A9FA81F-5F0F-4CD0-B42A-AE9CB7B3C941@zeroaccess.org> <48209C58.6020000@eurofer.be> <4820A3BC.9030604@eurofer.be> Comments: In-reply-to Guy Deleeuw message dated "Tue, 06 May 2008 20:30:20 +0200" Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:27 -0400 Message-ID: <17562.1210101927@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200805/43 X-Sequence-Number: 29127 Guy Deleeuw writes: > No I need to put the md5 string into the connInfo, just that. No, you need to put the plain text of the password into the connInfo. Knowing the md5 doesn't prove you know the password. regards, tom lane