From 00dd340210ed67900e03703eb088fdd5ab12c099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:53:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improve docs for pg_authid encryption description with better
markup and a mention of unencrypted passwords.
---
doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index ecedaccaf70..09152e6c5ce 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1264,12 +1264,14 @@
<entry><structfield>rolpassword</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry>
- Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. If the password is
- encrypted, this column will contain the string <literal>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).
+ Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. If the password
+ is encrypted, this column will begin with the string <literal>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 <literal>joe</> has password <literal>xyzzy</>,
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> will store the md5 hash of
+ <literal>xyzzyjoe</>. A password that does not follow that
+ format is assumed to be unencrypted.
</entry>
</row>
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