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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Gerardo Herzig <gherzig@fmed.uba.ar>
Cc: postgres list <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: create user xxx with md5 string?
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:21:19 -0500
Message-ID: <12517.1259868079@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B17FDCE.6030200@fmed.uba.ar>
References: <4B17FDCE.6030200@fmed.uba.ar>

Gerardo Herzig <gherzig@fmed.uba.ar> writes:
> Hi all. Im triyng, with no success, to create a user, and set the
> password with a md5 string.

The correct method for computing the md5'd password includes the
username.  I think it's 'md5' || md5sum(password || username)
but look at the code or docs.

			regards, tom lane



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