PostgreSQL Discussion - Validating User

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Validating User

ShepherdHill DB Subscriptions

2005-12-29, 3:24 am

Hi,

Please as a superuser how would I obtain an equivalent of this query:

SELECT * FROM pg_shadow WHERE usename='userid' AND md5(passwd)='passwd'

I browse the content of the pg_shadow and the passwd field shows
something like md5...

All I am after is to validate a user against pg_shadow table in version
8.0.4.

Cheers.

Olu

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Michael Fuhr

2005-12-29, 3:24 am

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 08:10:52AM +0100, ShepherdHill DB Subscriptions wrote:
> Please as a superuser how would I obtain an equivalent of this query:
>
> SELECT * FROM pg_shadow WHERE usename='userid' AND md5(passwd)='passwd'

SELECT *
FROM pg_shadow
WHERE usename = 'userid' AND passwd = 'md5' || md5('passwd' || usename);

> All I am after is to validate a user against pg_shadow table in version
> 8.0.4.

For what purpose?

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Michael Fuhr

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