[HACKERS] global\pg_auth

2010-01-05 Thread black light
Hi, Why PG uses a flat file (global\pg_auth) for md5 authentication!? Is it forced to do it instead of accessing relevant table is system catalog? Thanks - B. L.

Re: [HACKERS] global\pg_auth

2010-01-05 Thread Andres Freund
On Tuesday 05 January 2010 09:37:57 black light wrote: Hi, Why PG uses a flat file (global\pg_auth) for md5 authentication!? Is it forced to do it instead of accessing relevant table is system catalog? It does not anymore: