| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq |
| Date: | 2002-08-10 01:37:50 |
| Message-ID: | 200208100137.g7A1bof20297@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera writes:
>
> > Currently the format for the file should be
> >
> > host:port:database:user:password
>
> I think just the password. If you need a different password, select a
> different file.
>
> The sort of format you propose makes it much too convenient for users to
> build password databases in files, which kind of defeats the point of
> passwords.
I fail to see how having different files with passwords is better than
having just one file.
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