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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-04-21 22:19:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-04-21 22:19:19 +0000 |
| commit | c82b8952845ed43599927b9aaf189b2156941435 (patch) | |
| tree | da716d6fa9b75ff5b7d6560ae4bdcb28165ae2c9 | |
| parent | 14c7fba3f7d0769d8a063dea2854693f35535f6a (diff) | |
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Clarify use of MD5 authentication and pg_shadow encryption.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml index f7c36bfb91c..872fbebe61c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.74 2005/04/09 03:52:43 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.75 2005/04/21 22:19:19 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="client-authentication"> @@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5 The password-based authentication methods are <literal>md5</>, <literal>crypt</>, and <literal>password</>. These methods operate similarly except for the way that the password is sent across the - connection. But only <literal>md5</> supports encrypted - passwords stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>; + connection. However, only <literal>md5</> allows encrypted + passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>; the other two require unencrypted passwords to be stored there. </para> |