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doc: Remove notes about "unencrypted" passwords.

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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 eb61136dc7.

Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aD2yKkZro4nbl5ol%40nathan
Backpatch-through: 13
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Nathan Bossart 2025-06-04 09:47:25 -05:00
parent eb42346475
commit 49584901ec
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@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@
<structfield>rolpassword</structfield> <type>text</type>
</para>
<para>
Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. The format depends
Encrypted password; null if none. The format depends
on the form of encryption used.
</para></entry>
</row>
@ -1616,11 +1616,6 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<replaceable>&lt;iteration count&gt;</replaceable>:<replaceable>&l
<replaceable>ServerKey</replaceable> are in Base64 encoded format. This format is
the same as that specified by <ulink url="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5803">RFC 5803</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
A password that does not follow either of those formats is assumed to be
unencrypted.
</para>
</sect1>
@ -12560,7 +12555,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_locks pl LEFT JOIN pg_prepared_xacts ppx
<structfield>passwd</structfield> <type>text</type>
</para>
<para>
Password (possibly encrypted); null if none. See
Encrypted password; null if none. See
<link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</structname></link>
for details of how encrypted passwords are stored.
</para></entry>