Neil Conway wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Why does the password_encryption GUC variable default to false?
>
> AFAICT there shouldn't be any issues with client compatibility -- in
> fact, I'd be inclined to rip out all support for storing cleartext
> passwords...
It is false so passwords can be handled by pre-7.2 clients. Once you
encrypt them, you can't use passwords on pre-7.2 clients because they
don't understand the double-md5 hash required. We will set it to true,
but when are most pre-7.2 clients gone?
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