From: "Edward W. Rouse" <erouse@comsquared.com>
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Subject: Re: lost password 
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:10:42 -0500
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Well, the username and password are the same, but the md5 is different. But
it doesn't seem to matter because either one works the same. The fact that
you can have 2 different md5's yet still have the same user name and
password and have logins work is what I found to be interesting.

But my original problem is solved in either case, so it doesn't really
matter to me. I just found it to be ... interesting.

Edward W. Rouse

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]
On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:57 PM
To: Edward W. Rouse
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] lost password 

"Edward W. Rouse" <erouse@comsquared.com> writes:
> After I copied the md5 over I played around a bit and found the for the
> process user. I then used the alter user sql statement and rechecked the
> md5. It was different, but I could still use the same password to log in.
> Needless to say, I am a bit confused by that, but it works and that's what
I
> need.

The md5 will depend on both the actual password and the user's name
... does that help?

			regards, tom lane

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