| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | "hans(dot)wolters" <hans(dot)wolters(at)protonmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: password saved in .psql_history |
| Date: | 2020-08-25 21:39:46 |
| Message-ID: | 20200825213946.GA22117@alvherre.pgsql |
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On 2020-Aug-25, hans.wolters wrote:
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> Dear all,
> I noticed the password of a used is stored in the history of the psql user (postgres in my case). This happens when alter user <user> with password '<password>' is used.
> I suppose it is not a real bug but it might be handy to filter that for things like a history listing.
This is why you should use \password in psql instead of 'alter user ..
password'. (Well, that and the server log and risk of unencrypted
password traffic.)
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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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