Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes:
> Why do we need pg_shadow or pg_user or related views at all..?

A lot of code looks at those just to get usernames.  I am not in favor of
breaking such stuff without need.

How about we just say that the password in these old views always reads
out as '********' even when there is a password, and we invent new views
that carry real auth information?  (Hopefully in an extensible way.)

                        regards, tom lane


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