Обсуждение: user authentication question

I am having trouble understanding the relationship between passwords in the
"passwd" flat file and the system table pg_user.  It seems that if I don't
perform a sql "create user" with the "with password" option I can't connect
to the database when I use password authentication even though I used the
pg_passwd command to enter the user.  Also pardon my ignorance but is there
a secure way to enter the password using the "create user" command without
exposing the password?  I hate to expose a set of "canned" passwords that I
wanted to enter using a script when installing the database.


Thanks in advance.

Jeff

I need to have PostgreSQL running with AOLserver before about 8 p.m. this
evening.

Is there anybody in Toronto I can chat with on the phone, or who could come
over to help out? Thai dinner and a bottle of Scotch. Location is Hyde Park
at Dundas West. 416-604-9495.

                                                                      -dlj.