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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml index 8c97dbcf867..f72b20f59d7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml,v 1.17 2001/07/10 22:09:27 tgl Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml,v 1.18 2001/08/15 18:42:14 momjian Exp $ Postgres documentation --> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CREATE USER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">username</replaceable> [ [ WITH ] <re where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> can be: SYSID <replaceable class="PARAMETER">uid</replaceable> - | PASSWORD '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">password</replaceable>' + | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">password</replaceable>' | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER | IN GROUP <replaceable class="PARAMETER">groupname</replaceable> [, ...] @@ -72,12 +72,19 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> can be: </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><replaceable class="parameter">password</replaceable></term> + <term><replaceable class="parameter">[ encrypted | unencrypted ] password</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> Sets the user's password. If you do not plan to use password authentication you can omit this option, otherwise the user won't be able to connect to a password-authenticated server. + </para> + <para> + <literal>ENCRYPTED/UNENCRYPTED</literal> controls whether the + password is stored encrypted in the database. Older clients may + have trouble communicating using encrypted password storage. + </para> + <para> See the chapter on client authentication in the <citetitle>Administrator's Guide</citetitle> for details on how to set up authentication mechanisms. |