Re: pg_dump

Hmmm... I just Googled "ps command" and did some reading. interesting. I've had very little experience with Linux and was unaware of that command. But, does make total sense now. Thanks for helping me understand.

I'm still not very happy with the alternatives! Guess I will have to live with it! ;)

Thanks Tom...

Dave

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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Saracini <dsaracini(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>; pgsql novice forum <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:52:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] pg_dump

David Saracini <dsaracini(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I guess what I'm wishing for is that pg_dumb was changed to where the
> password could be sent via the command line. I've seen this requested
> multiple times and it's always been just rejected. I'm not sure why.
> Anyone know?

Yes: on most platforms, anything exposed on a process command line is
*FAR* more insecure than any of the alternatives you just dismissed out
of hand as not secure enough for you. See "ps" and equivalents.

regards, tom lane