RE: pg_hba.conf and password files - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

Hello,
I would like to add another question.
In my pg_hba.conf file I have written the

local all crypt
host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 crypt
host invui x.x.x.x 255.255.255.0 crypt

It works fine through psql, web access through PHP and also ODBC access, but
i just have seen that in the /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf the passwords
are stored in plain text. I have seen through the documentation that if you
want to have those passords encrypted, then you have to use the postgreSQL
command pg_passwd and create a new file, but you have to add the users. What
I do not know yet, it is how the password politics works and which is the
way to add new users, through psql commands or bash commands??
Here it is what I want to do:
I have a C++ Builder application which will access the postgreSQL database
through an ODBC driver. I want to add the users from that application, using
SQL commands, if possible.
If anyone can give me any guidance, any information will be welcome,
because the documentations that I have read so far are a bit confusing.
Many thanks in advance
Miguel




----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
To: Markus Wagner <wagner@imsd.uni-mainz.de>;
<pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: pg_hba.conf and password files


> Hi Markus,
>
> I can't help you with the Access problem, but I'll just mention that
creating
> usr.txt line that won't work, as the password needs to be encrypted.  Use
the
> pg_passwd program to create the user details and it will encrypt it for
you.
>
> Gary
>
> On Tuesday 07 August 2001 10:26 am, Markus Wagner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use a pg_hba.conf like this:
> >
> > local all trust
> > host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
> > host all 134.93.64.0 255.255.255.0 password usr.txt
> >
> > In usr.txt I made one entry "test:test". When I connect with Access, the
> > DSN dialog appears, and I enter "test" and "test" in the corresponding
> > fields for username and password. The connect fails, and the
postgres.log
> > says: "user 'wagner' not found in password file". It seems that the
> > username "test" does not make it to the backend, and my Windows username
> > "wagner" is sent instead.
> >
> > Any hints?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Markus
> >
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