Hemapriya wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does postgres support any system functions that
> decode/decrypt the user passwords stored in pg_shadow
> system catalog.
>
> Is there a way to retrieve the passwords, if
> forgotten.
No. They are MD5 and are designed to be unencryptable.
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