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diff --git a/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass b/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass index 1dd3347c1ff..41ae3ce7be1 100644 --- a/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass +++ b/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass,v 1.2 2003/11/29 19:51:19 pgsql Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass,v 1.3 2005/09/23 15:05:04 tgl Exp $ Chkpass is a password type that is automatically checked and converted upon entry. It is stored encrypted. To compare, simply compare agains a clear @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ passwords without re-encrypting them. If you want the password (encrypted) without the colon then use the raw() function. This allows you to use the type with things like Apache's Auth_PostgreSQL module. +The encryption uses the standard Unix function crypt(), and so it suffers +from all the usual limitations of that function; notably that only the +first eight characters of a password are considered. + D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy@druid.net |