If anyone else is wondering I ended up using the JCrypt class from http://locutus.kingwoodcable.com/jfd/crypt.html
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Chris Liles
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> From: jslive@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua Slive
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] mod_authn_dbd encrypted password?!
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> On 6/27/06, Chris Liles <Chris.Liles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > After looking at the perl script suggested by Joshua, I see that I can
> use crypt(), so I tested and it works. Of course postgres doesn't have a
> crypt() function :( I really want to be able to just insert in the
> database like crypt('plaintext') and have postgres handle the hashing. Is
> there a way in the config to change the auth module to expect a md5 hash
> instead of a crypt, or even plaintext?
>
> No. There is an md5-based algorithm available, but it requires use of
> a salt and a special apache-specific marker. You can't just md5-has
> the password.
>
> I don't know much about postgres, but to hash passwords you're either
> going to need a language that can reproduce the algorithms used by
> apache (as in the examples I sent you), or you're going to need to
> call an external program to generate the hashes as Nick suggests.
>
> Joshua.
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