[Dovecot] pgsql and default_pass_scheme

[eL gino]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:16:23 +0300
Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> You're misunderstanding something. pg_hba.conf only controls who can 
> connect to PostgreSQL database. That is the connect setting in 
> dovecot-pgsql.conf.

I know.

> default_pass_scheme specifies in what format the passwords stored 
> inside the database are.

the passwords are stored in PLAIN and in CRYPT.

> The crypt/md5 entry in the pg_hba.conf means the format of the password 
> what you gave in CREATE USER command. Dovecot doesn't need to know 
> that, it needs the database password in plaintext.

ok, thanks.

-- Christian.