Re: BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Craig Sacco <craig(dot)sacco(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text
Date: 2011-03-22 15:45:33
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Craig Sacco <craig(dot)sacco(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 5938
> Logged by: Craig Sacco
> Email address: craig(dot)sacco(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
> Operating system: Microsoft Windows (all variants, 32 and 64 bit)
> Description: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser
> password in clear text
> Details:
>
> The PostgreSQL installer outputs a log file to the temporary directory with
> the superuser password in clear text. We are deploying PostgreSQL as part
> of
> a commercial product and would like to ensure that the password is not
> available to ordinary users.
>
>
This has been fixed for the next releases.

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