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README.chkpass
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/chkpass/Attic/README.chkpass,v 1.1 2001/05/03 12:32:13 darcy Exp $ Chkpass is a password type that is automatically checked and converted upon entry. It is stored encrypted. To compare, simply compare agains a clear text password and the comparison function will encrypt it before comparing. It also returns an error if the code determines that the password is easily crackable. This is currently a stub that does nothing. I haven't worried about making this type indexable. I doubt that anyone would ever need to sort a file in order of encrypted password. If you precede the string with a colon, the encryption and checking are skipped so that you can enter existing passwords into the field. On output, a colon is prepended. This makes it possible to dump and reload passwords without re-encrypting them. If you want the password (encrypted) without the colon then use the raw() function. This allows you to use the type with things like Apache's Auth_PostgreSQL module. D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy@druid.net