Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA10476704 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:51:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (momjian.navpoint.com [207.106.42.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E37A4766EC for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:51:55 -0500 (EST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.10.1) id h0QNpam17457; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:51:36 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200301262351.h0QNpam17457@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Password Encryption In-Reply-To: <3E2EAA36.F5128518@laeff.esa.es> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl_Guti=E9rrez_S=E1nchez?= Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 18:51:36 -0500 (EST) Cc: PgSql-Admin Mailing List X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UNKNOWN-8BIT X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200301/275 X-Sequence-Number: 7117 Yes, it is. We now recommend MD5, and have since 7.2. The only way to use crypt still is to store the password UNENCRYPTED in ALTER USER. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raúl Gutiérrez Sánchez wrote: > I have tried to perform a cryp authentication but it seems not to work > if the user passwords are stored md5-encrypted in the database. Is this > behaviour normal?. > > Regards, > Raul Gutierrez > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073