From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Scott Dunbar <scott@xigole.com>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Newbie confused about pg_hba/md5 and password field
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:03:05 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200208211703.g7LH35f27945@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D63C6E7.2030106@xigole.com>
Sorry, this seems impossible: libpq's PQsetdbLogin() doesn't allow MD5
passwords? You shouldn't have to do anything special; it should just
accept the password.PQconnectdb() has the same handling as
PQsetdbLogin().
Is it possible your libpq version is older than 7.2.1?
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Scott Dunbar wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm pretty new to PostgreSQL in general and even newer to libpq. I am
> trying to get a C program working (the authpgsql module in courier-imap)
> that uses PQsetdbLogin(). I've got 7.2.1 installed and running and have
> had no problem accessing it via JDBC. I have encrypted passwords in
> pg_shadow and have "md5" set for the AUTH_TYPE in pg_hba.conf. However,
> when using PQsetdbLogin the only way I could get a login to work was to
> use unencrypted passwords in pg_shadow and change pg_hba.conf to use
> "password" instead of "md5" for the database I want access to through
> authpgsql.
>
> Why is this? Do I somehow have to md5 the clear text password before
> calling PQsetdbLogin()? Does PQconnectdb() handle this and I should
> update the code? I feel that the client code should be unaware of the
> over the wire encryption method used and the encryption method of the
> password in pg_shadow but I may be way off base on the underlying issue.
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
>
>
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