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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 14 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index ecedaccaf70..09152e6c5ce 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1264,12 +1264,14 @@ <entry><structfield>rolpassword</structfield></entry> <entry><type>text</type></entry> <entry> - Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. If the password is - encrypted, this column will contain the string <literal>md5</> followed by a - 32-character hexadecimal MD5 hash. The MD5 hash will be of the - user's password concatenated to their username (for example, if - user joe has password xyzzy, <productname>PostgreSQL</> will store - the md5 hash of xyzzyjoe). + Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. If the password + is encrypted, this column will begin with the string <literal>md5</> + followed by a 32-character hexadecimal MD5 hash. The MD5 hash + will be of the user's password concatenated to their username. + For example, if user <literal>joe</> has password <literal>xyzzy</>, + <productname>PostgreSQL</> will store the md5 hash of + <literal>xyzzyjoe</>. A password that does not follow that + format is assumed to be unencrypted. </entry> </row> |