Am Sonntag, den 12.06.2005, 23:12 +0200 schrieb Zlatko Matić: > How could I retrieve information about actual user password, if md5 > method is set in pg_hba.conf ? > I want to create VBA procedure that compares value in text box with > actual password to determine if it is the same. As the password is > encrypted (md5) I can't read it from pg_shaddow system table. How to > retrieve decrypted value from pg_shaddow? Or at least, how to transfer > value from text-box (MS Access) to Postgres so that Postgres can > determine whether those two values are the same ? You cant. md5 really is a hash, not encryption (there is no decryption) You would just try to connect - postgres will tell you if the password is wrong. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
