Re: [GENERAL] Require entry of MD5 hash instead of plaintext password?

On Jul 28, 12:32 pm, m...@fuhr.org (Michael Fuhr) wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:33:37AM -0700, mwsene...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Is there a way to configure PostgreSQL 8.0 so that when prompted for a
> > password, the user enters the MD5 hash of his password, instead of the
> > normal plaintext password?
>
> What problem are you trying to solve?
>
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> Michael Fuhr
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Curiosity, mostly. When creating a user you can specify the password as an MD5 hash. I was just wondering if you could also submit a password in that form (the assumption being that a trusted external application had performed the hashing).

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