[lug] postgres

[Evelyn Mitchell]

Hi Hugh,

Take a look at 
  http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?client-authentication.html

It explains how to select different authentication methods.

You'll want to use "CREATE USER" and "ALTER USER" to manage
the passwords. They should be stored in pg_shadow. 
Then, the line in the pg_hba.conf file for that database
should have an authtype of 'crypt' (to use encrypted passwords)
or 'password' (to use plain text passwords).

Evelyn Mitchell
efm at tummy.com

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 06:42:09PM -0500, Hugh Brown wrote:
> I am in a situation where I have to learn postgres admin.
> 
> I am beating my head against how it does user authentication.
> 
> If I create a user with a password it creates a file named pg_pwd in
> $PGDATA/global but it stores it in clear text.  I can use pg_passwd
> pg_shadow to create a username:password pair where the password is
> stored crypt'ed.  How do I get postgres to look there rather than in the
> pg_pwd file?
> 
> Hugh
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