Rob Abernethy IV wrote: > How does postgres calculate the MD5 version of a password to store in the > database during user creation? I am trying to set up a postgres JDBCRealm to > work with Tomcat. The problem is that the resulting digest from Java is > different then the digest stored in the database for the same word. > > clear-text: tomcat > java: 1b359d8753858b55befa0441067aaed3 > postgres: md5efcc1c51a80be13b59cdb96d758a0184
What did you use as salt? PostgreSQL users the user name as salt. When I run /contrib/pgcrypto's MD5 I get the same value as PostgreSQL. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
