Re: [7.3devl] Using PGPASSWORDFILE with psql requires -U

Tom has applied a patch to fix this.

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Gordon Runkle dijo:
>
> > I'm using the current CVS (as of ~1930 EDT, 29AUG02) on RedHat's latest
> > beta (null). I find that I need to use the -U option when trying to use
> > psql and the new PGPASSWORDFILE variable.
>
> Ok, in private email with Gordon I discovered that I missed by one.
> Please apply the following. Thanks for the report.
>
> Index: src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.199
> diff -c -r1.199 fe-connect.c
> *** src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c 2002/08/29 23:06:32 1.199
> --- src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c 2002/08/30 03:52:40
> ***************
> *** 2953,2960 ****
> (t = pwdfMatchesString(t, dbname)) == NULL ||
> (t = pwdfMatchesString(t, username)) == NULL)
> continue;
> ! ret=(char *)malloc(sizeof(char)*strlen(t));
> ! strncpy(ret, t, strlen(t));
> fclose(fp);
> return ret;
> }
> --- 2953,2960 ----
> (t = pwdfMatchesString(t, dbname)) == NULL ||
> (t = pwdfMatchesString(t, username)) == NULL)
> continue;
> ! ret=(char *)malloc(sizeof(char)*(strlen(t)+1));
> ! strncpy(ret, t, strlen(t)+1);
> fclose(fp);
> return ret;
> }
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
> "La felicidad no es ma?ana. La felicidad es ahora"
>
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