X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F12E830DD87 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:42:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr1.postgresql.org [64.117.224.193]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70736-05 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:42:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3526930D6E9 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:42:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5CDgFU6029383; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:42:15 -0400 (EDT) To: Achilleus Mantzios Cc: "A. Van Hook" , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: (no subject) In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Achilleus Mantzios message dated "Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:55:51 -0200" Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:42:15 -0400 Message-ID: <29382.1055425335@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Archive-Number: 200306/111 X-Sequence-Number: 13869 Achilleus Mantzios writes: > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, A. Van Hook wrote: >> When updating from 7.2.3 to 7.3.3 we have lost the ability to see the >> passwords in pg_shadow. Is there a way to decrypt the passwords? > But you still can do > ALTER USER foo UNENCRYPTED password 'bar'; Also, there is a postgresql.conf setting that will make UNENCRYPTED the default, same as before (although I fail to understand why anyone would think that's a good idea ;-)) regards, tom lane