Commit 26bb65df authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Clarify that only crypt can't use md5 pg_shadow passwords.

parent c82b8952
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<chapter id="client-authentication">
......@@ -575,9 +575,8 @@ local db1,db2,@demodbs all md5
The password-based authentication methods are <literal>md5</>,
<literal>crypt</>, and <literal>password</>. These methods operate
similarly except for the way that the password is sent across the
connection. However, only <literal>md5</> allows encrypted
passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>;
the other two require unencrypted passwords to be stored there.
connection. However, <literal>crypt</> does not allow encrypted
passwords to be stored in <structname>pg_shadow</structname>.
</para>
<para>
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