Re: PQconnectdbParams and encrypted password

Tom Lane <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:50:32 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.interfaces
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dmitry Markman <[email protected]> writes:
> I need some help with setting PQconnectdbParams key/value for encrypted =
password
> suppose I created user with the string
> create user foobar with encrypted password =E2=80=98md5f3c33545d22dbf811=
737afb8d0e85597=E2=80=99
> ...
>                 {"password", ??????????????},//I=E2=80=99d like to have =
here =E2=80=9Cmd5f3c33545d22dbf811737afb8d0e85597=E2=80=9D, but it doesn=E2=
=80=99t work

Pretty much the entire *point* of an encrypted password is that the
md5 hash is not sufficient to log in with.  You need the original
string.

			regards, tom lane