Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens up

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>
Cc: Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh(at)pop(dot)jaring(dot)my>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens up
Date: 2001-11-28 16:23:04
Message-ID: 2455.1006964584@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com> writes:
> But this way the password ends up in the environment, which on many
> systems is visible to other processes/users (via /proc or the 'ps'
> command).

Your *environment* is visible to other users? Geez, what a broken
system ...

regards, tom lane

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