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To: "Edward W. Rouse" <erouse@comsquared.com>
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Subject: Re: lost password 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Edward W. Rouse" <erouse@comsquared.com>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"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