Re: password is no required, authentication is overridden

or maybe split the file up into sections like this example:

[pgadmin3]
localhost:5432:*:postgres:post

[pg_dump]

[psql]

bye
Thomas

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Thomas Bley wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> + The .pgpass file will be automatically created if you're using
>> pgAdmin III with "store password" being enabled in the connection
>> settings.
>>
>
> It strikes me that this is actually a bad thing for pgadmin3 to be
> doing. It should use its own file, not the deafult location, at least
> if the libpq version is >= 8.1. We provided the PGPASSFILE environment
> setting just so programs like this could use alternative locations for
> the pgpass file. Otherwise, it seems to me we are violating the POLS,
> as in the case of this user who not unnaturally thought he had found a
> major security hole.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>