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<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.24 2001/11/08 23:36:18 petere Exp $ --> |
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<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.25 2001/11/12 02:35:16 momjian Exp $ --> |
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<chapter id="client-authentication"> |
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<title>Client Authentication</title> |
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<para> |
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Like the <literal>md5</literal> method but uses older crypt |
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authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal> |
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is preferred, unless you need to support old clients that |
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do not have <literal>md5</literal>. The <literal>crypt</> |
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method is not compatible with encrypting passwords in |
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<filename>pg_shadow</>, and it has been observed to fail |
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when client and server machines have different implementations |
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of the crypt() library routine. |
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authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal> is |
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preferred for 7.2 and later clients. The <literal>crypt</> |
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method is also not compatible with encrypting passwords in |
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<filename>pg_shadow</>, and may fail if client and server |
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machines have different implementations of the crypt() library |
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routine. |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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</varlistentry> |
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