Commit 53a4fa6b authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Add more MD5 documentation now that odbc/jdbc support it.

parent 67a56f22
<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.24 2001/11/08 23:36:18 petere Exp $ --> <!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.25 2001/11/12 02:35:16 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication"> <chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title> <title>Client Authentication</title>
...@@ -236,13 +236,12 @@ hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable ...@@ -236,13 +236,12 @@ hostssl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>IP-address</replaceable
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Like the <literal>md5</literal> method but uses older crypt Like the <literal>md5</literal> method but uses older crypt
authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal> authentication for pre-7.2 clients. <literal>md5</literal> is
is preferred, unless you need to support old clients that preferred for 7.2 and later clients. The <literal>crypt</>
do not have <literal>md5</literal>. The <literal>crypt</> method is also not compatible with encrypting passwords in
method is not compatible with encrypting passwords in <filename>pg_shadow</>, and may fail if client and server
<filename>pg_shadow</>, and it has been observed to fail machines have different implementations of the crypt() library
when client and server machines have different implementations routine.
of the crypt() library routine.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
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