On 03/07/2017 08:29 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> writes: >> here is a separate thread dedicated to the following extension for >> CREATE/ALTER ROLE: PASSWORD ('value' USING 'method'). > > The parentheses seem weird ... do we really need those?
+1 > + If you do not plan to use password authentication you can omit this > + option. The methods supported are <literal>md5</> to enforce a > password > + to be MD5-encrypted, <literal>scram</> for a SCRAM-encrypted password > + and <literal>plain</> for an unencrypted password. If the password Can we please stop calling this encryption? What is being done is a form of cryptographic hashing, not encryption. Joe -- Crunchy Data - http://crunchydata.com PostgreSQL Support for Secure Enterprises Consulting, Training, & Open Source Development
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