Re: [DOCS] Missing Win32 archive_command example

2010-09-12 Thread Bruce Momjian
Robert Haas wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I noticed that there is no Win32 example for archive_command in our 9.0 > > docs in the PITR setup docs: > > > > ? ? ? > > ?http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-ARCHIVING-WAL > > >

Re: [DOCS] Explanation of pg_authid.rolpassword

2010-09-12 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > I think the docs could do a better job of explaining how passwords are > stored in the rolpassword column of pg_authid. I've seen a few threads > where there's some confusion about how md5 hashed passwords are > stored, and it would be han

Re: [DOCS] Explanation of pg_authid.rolpassword

2010-09-12 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > This seems a bit long-winded to me.  How about just changing the > column description to something like this: > > Either the user's unencrypted password (if the UNENCRYPTED option was

Re: [DOCS] Explanation of pg_authid.rolpassword

2010-09-12 Thread Robert Haas
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: >> This seems a bit long-winded to me.  How about just changing the >> column description to something like this: >> >> Eithe

Re: [DOCS] Explanation of pg_authid.rolpassword

2010-09-12 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > Oh, I see.  But I still don't think we really need to provide specific > examples of what you get when you MD5 particular values... except for > people who can run the MD5 algorithm in reverse in their head, that > doesn't seem like it's adding

Re: [DOCS] Explanation of pg_authid.rolpassword

2010-09-12 Thread Robert Haas
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> Oh, I see.  But I still don't think we really need to provide specific >> examples of what you get when you MD5 particular values... except for >> people who can run the MD5 algorithm

Re: [DOCS] Explanation of pg_authid.rolpassword

2010-09-12 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >>> Oh, I see.  But I still don't think we really need to provide specific >>> examples of what you get when you MD5 particular va