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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass,v 1.3 2005/09/23 15:05:04 tgl Exp $
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Chkpass is a password type that is automatically checked and converted upon
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entry. It is stored encrypted. To compare, simply compare agains a clear
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text password and the comparison function will encrypt it before comparing.
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It also returns an error if the code determines that the password is easily
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crackable. This is currently a stub that does nothing.
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I haven't worried about making this type indexable. I doubt that anyone
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would ever need to sort a file in order of encrypted password.
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If you precede the string with a colon, the encryption and checking are
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skipped so that you can enter existing passwords into the field.
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On output, a colon is prepended. This makes it possible to dump and reload
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passwords without re-encrypting them. If you want the password (encrypted)
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without the colon then use the raw() function. This allows you to use the
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type with things like Apache's Auth_PostgreSQL module.
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The encryption uses the standard Unix function crypt(), and so it suffers
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from all the usual limitations of that function; notably that only the
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first eight characters of a password are considered.
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D'Arcy J.M. Cain
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darcy@druid.net
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