Re: Possible PostgreSQL 8.3beta4 bug with MD5 authentication in psql?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark(dot)cave-ayland(at)ilande(dot)co(dot)uk>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Possible PostgreSQL 8.3beta4 bug with MD5 authentication in psql?
Date: 2007-12-08 13:23:22
Message-ID: 20071208132322.GC5319@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:

> 1. Revert the changes that removed dependencies on PQnoPasswordSupplied.
> This is ugly but might be the safest solution for 8.3 --- we can always
> revisit the issue later.

> 3. Invent another libpq function, maybe PQconnectionNeedsPassword,
> that does the right thing for the password-checking tests.

My vote goes to (3), if the work can be done quickly, or (1) if it
can't.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.PlanetPostgreSQL.org/
"When the proper man does nothing (wu-wei),
his thought is felt ten thousand miles." (Lao Tse)

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