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| author | Nathan Bossart | 2025-06-04 14:47:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Nathan Bossart | 2025-06-04 14:47:25 +0000 |
| commit | f9b1192190aac56a319a1e3e93cf3c29d9f722dd (patch) | |
| tree | 67ed98f0b3019641116e9719023ef6efaa8f27c5 | |
| parent | 30c15987d9b7ecc93674cf8ade0ad53ac265ec3b (diff) | |
doc: Remove notes about "unencrypted" passwords.
The documentation for the pg_authid system catalog and the
pg_shadow system view indicates that passwords might be stored in
cleartext, but that hasn't been possible for some time.
Oversight in commit eb61136dc7.
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aD2yKkZro4nbl5ol%40nathan
Backpatch-through: 13
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml | 2 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index 018f6e3e08b..fa86c569dc4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ <structfield>rolpassword</structfield> <type>text</type> </para> <para> - Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. The format depends + Encrypted password; null if none. The format depends on the form of encryption used. </para></entry> </row> @@ -1627,11 +1627,6 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable><iteration count></replaceable>:<replaceable>&l <replaceable>ServerKey</replaceable> are in Base64 encoded format. This format is the same as that specified by <ulink url="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5803">RFC 5803</ulink>. </para> - - <para> - A password that does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be - unencrypted. - </para> </sect1> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml index b58c52ea50f..986ae1f543d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/system-views.sgml @@ -3932,7 +3932,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx <structfield>passwd</structfield> <type>text</type> </para> <para> - Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See + Encrypted password; null if none. See <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link> for details of how encrypted passwords are stored. </para></entry> |