Re: Better auth errors from libpq

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:28:36PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > I think something like:
>
> > psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "root"
> > HINT: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/client-authentication.html
>
> > Would be nice.
>
> Do you really think that's helpful in the typical case where someone
> fat-fingered their password?

Possibly not.

> I'm not averse to hint messages that are actually helpful, ie,
> reasonably connected to the *specific* failure situation. The
> problem I've got with David's proposal is that it provides a
> one-size-fits-all hint for every possible auth failure. One size
> does not fit all here.

I'd be delighted to make more different sizes.

> Or to put it even more baldly: this is not an area in which you can
> improve matters significantly with five minutes' thought and a
> one-line patch. It would take some actual work.

It's work that hasn't yet been done, and thanks for your input on the
first versions :)

Cheers,
David.
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