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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-04-21 22:19:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-04-21 22:19:27 +0000 |
| commit | 4f6d275ac7c22f4dd8122e01864d64839860e315 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e013dc77892287a0049c56de8d95063f3d61277 | |
| parent | 1275ad5056d9e4ec1409a09a77855a79133c03aa (diff) | |
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 46daf06173b..56d1454778b 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 1.70.4.2 2005/01/28 22:38:50 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.70.4.3 2005/04/21 22:19:27 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> |