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Define user with a pre-hashed password #950

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Expand Up @@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ Users can change their own password by running the following command:
SET PASSWORD TO 'newPassword' REPLACE 'oldPassword';
```

Password does not need to be in plain-text, a user can be identified via an already hashed password.

Example where "user" is identified by "password":
```cypher
CREATE USER user IDENTIFIED BY 'sha256:5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc6292773603d0d6aabbdd62a11ef721d1542d8';
```

The string identifying the hashed password is formatted as: algorithm-name:hash

Supported algorithms:
1. "bcrypt"
1. "sha256"
1. "sha256-multiple"

Hash is the alphanumerical string of 64 characters for sha256 and 60 characters form bcrypt;

To delete a user, run the following command:

```cypher
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