On Jul 28, 12:32 pm, m...@xxxxxxxx (Michael Fuhr) wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:33:37AM -0700, mwsene...@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Is there a way to configure PostgreSQL 8.0 so that when prompted for a > > password, the user enters the MD5 hash of his password, instead of the > > normal plaintext password? > > What problem are you trying to solve? > > -- > Michael Fuhr > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org/ Curiosity, mostly. When creating a user you can specify the password as an MD5 hash. I was just wondering if you could also submit a password in that form (the assumption being that a trusted external application had performed the hashing). ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
