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| author | Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org> | 2025-06-04 09:47:25 -0500 |
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| committer | Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org> | 2025-06-04 09:47:25 -0500 |
| commit | efb3f16e0d348cb7c6e8a0507a280a6537f580b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 3e47478b8e5a7b587ee22a359997f45e5ab3359a | |
| parent | e76097124f7d6679d287701ab108aa20088b13a6 (diff) | |
doc: Remove notes about "unencrypted" passwords.
The documentation for the pg_authid system catalog and the
pg_shadow system view indicates that passwords might be stored in
cleartext, but that hasn't been possible for some time.
Oversight in commit eb61136dc7.
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aD2yKkZro4nbl5ol%40nathan
Backpatch-through: 13
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml | 2 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index 88328ebb34b..27abc2ee107 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ <structfield>rolpassword</structfield> <type>text</type> </para> <para> - Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. The format depends + Encrypted password; null if none. The format depends on the form of encryption used. </para></entry> </row> @@ -1626,11 +1626,6 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable><iteration count></replaceable>:<replaceable>&l <replaceable>ServerKey</replaceable> are in Base64 encoded format. This format is the same as that specified by <ulink url="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5803">RFC 5803</ulink>. </para> - - <para> - A password that does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be - unencrypted. - </para> </sect1> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml index a272068782b..20cf03b9d15 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml @@ -3412,7 +3412,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx <structfield>passwd</structfield> <type>text</type> </para> <para> - Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See + Encrypted password; null if none. See <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link> for details of how encrypted passwords are stored. </para></entry> |