From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: Passwordcheck Extension Not Installing
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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:53:48 -0500
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=3D?UTF-8?B?Q2loYXQgS8O8w6fDvGtiYcSfcsSxYcOnxLFr?=3D <cihat.kucukbagriacik=
@profelis.com.tr> writes:
> I have also observed that the *passwordcheck.so* file exists in the
> *"/usr/lib/postgresql/17/lib/"* directory. It seems that, for some reaso=
n,
> when the PostgreSQL service starts, it is unable to read the
> *passwordcheck.so* file and create the *passwordcheck.control* file in t=
he
> *"/usr/share/postgresql/17/extension/"* directory.

No, you misunderstand the process.  The .control file is one of the
distributed files for an extension; the server has no ability to
create one.

What we both missed is that *passwordcheck is not an extension*.
It has no SQL-visible objects.  It's just a shared library that
you must preload into the server, as per its documentation.

			regards, tom lane