[BUGS] user authentication crash by Erik Luke (20-08-2001;1.3kb)

2001-11-01 Thread Thomas Yackel
Gentleman: Regarding the above thread located at: http://fts.postgresql.org/db/mw/msg.html?mid=1030673 I got the error: "Bad abstime external representation ''" when attempted to start psql as a particular user and the postmaster shutdown. The problem, we discovered, is that this user had a c

Re: [BUGS] user authentication crash by Erik Luke (20-08-2001;

2001-11-01 Thread Thomas Yackel
A few clarifications so you have more to go on: to create the problem, we used the sql command with the "';" following the [CR] at the end of the typed characters as shown here: alter user y with password 'xx '; then we attempted to log in as that user from another users' local sessio

Re: [BUGS] user authentication crash by Erik Luke (20-08-2001; 1.3kb)

2001-10-31 Thread Tom Lane
"Thomas Yackel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I got the error: "Bad abstime external representation ''" when attempted to start >psql as a particular user and the postmaster shutdown. > The problem, we discovered, is that this user had a carriage return contained within >his password. Changing

Re: [BUGS] user authentication crash

2001-08-20 Thread Tom Lane
"Erik Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Upon trying to connect to the postgres backend by psql (with password > authentication enabled), postgres crashes saying "FATAL 1: Bad abstime > external representation ' '". I have also gotten '@!' and '/g!' in addition > to the ' '. It would seem that t

[BUGS] user authentication crash

2001-08-20 Thread Erik Luke
Operating system: SuSE 7.2 Professional with postgres v7.1 installed manually. (I prefer to manually set up software) Directory: /postgres Data Directory: /var/lib/pgsql/data Options: ODBC emabled Server startup line: postmaster -i -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > logfile.txt & Port: 9427 System: