On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 08:22:09AM +0200, Oleksandr Shulgin wrote:
> I think it's worth noting that using psql's \password command still results
> in an ALTER USER being sent to the server, and thus ending up in the logs.
> The difference is that the logged password is already encrypted:
>
> postgres=# \set ECHO_HIDDEN
> postgres=# \password t
> Enter new password:
> Enter it again:
> ********* QUERY **********
> ALTER USER t PASSWORD 'md5cf853b7f00ed64ef120b3f6af0d073c2'
> **************************
Even with that, please also remember that for a md5-hashed password,
having the MD5 hash is enough to be able to log into the server.
That's not the case with SCRAM...
--
Michael
