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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index c7828e897ee..06c6509b77f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.229 2010/09/13 01:23:35 rhaas Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.230 2010/09/13 17:02:34 rhaas Exp $ --> <!-- Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers --> @@ -1179,7 +1179,14 @@ <row> <entry><structfield>rolpassword</structfield></entry> <entry><type>text</type></entry> - <entry>Password (possibly encrypted); null if none</entry> + <entry> + Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. If the password is + encrypted, this column will contain the string md5 followed by a + 32-character hexadecimal MD5 hash. The MD5 hash will be of the + user's password concatenated to their username (for example, if + user joe has password xyzzy, <productname>PostgreSQL</> will store + the md5 hash of xyzzyjoe). + </entry> </row> <row> @@ -6938,7 +6945,7 @@ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> before version 8.1. It shows properties of all roles that are marked as <structfield>rolcanlogin</> in - <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid">pg_authid</link>. + <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link>. </para> <para> @@ -7005,7 +7012,9 @@ <entry><structfield>passwd</structfield></entry> <entry><type>text</type></entry> <entry></entry> - <entry>Password (possibly encrypted)</entry> + <entry>Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See + <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link> + for details of how encrypted passwords are stored.</entry> </row> <row> |