From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Better auth errors from libpq |
Date: | 2008-09-12 05:38:31 |
Message-ID: | 48CA0057.1020404@commandprompt.com |
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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?
No but I do think it is helpful based on the error provided.
>
> 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 can agree with that.
>
> 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.
Fair enough.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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