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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 eb61136. Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aD2yKkZro4nbl5ol%40nathan Backpatch-through: 13
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<structfield>rolpassword</structfield> <type>text</type>
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</para>
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<para>
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Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. The format depends
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Encrypted password; null if none. The format depends
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on the form of encryption used.
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</para></entry>
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</row>
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<replaceable>ServerKey</replaceable> are in Base64 encoded format. This format is
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the same as that specified by <ulink url="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5803">RFC 5803</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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A password that does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be
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unencrypted.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<structfield>passwd</structfield> <type>text</type>
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<para>
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Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See
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Encrypted password; null if none. See
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<link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link>
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for details of how encrypted passwords are stored.
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</para></entry>

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