Re: [GENERAL] Encoding passwords

2001-09-29 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Marko Kreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Another idea is stop storing hashes altogether You can already avoid passwords by using kerberos authentication. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all

Re: [GENERAL] Encoding passwords

2001-09-25 Thread Nick Fankhauser
> Is there a function out there for pg which allows you to generate > a random > number given a seed value? I'm trying to create a users table > which would There is the following: "select setseed();" This sets the seed for the random() function. However, the approach we use is more like the

Re: [GENERAL] Encoding passwords

2001-09-25 Thread Marko Kreen
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:42:04AM -0400, Mike Arace wrote: > > Is there a function out there for pg which allows you to generate a random > number given a seed value? I'm trying to create a users table which would > require the storage of a password in a database field, and I'm hesitant to >

Re: [GENERAL] Encoding passwords

2001-09-25 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:42:04AM -0400, Mike Arace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a function out there for pg which allows you to generate a random > number given a seed value? I'm trying to create a users table which would > require the storage of a password in a database field,