From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
Cc: | "Hiroshi Saito" <z-saito(at)guitar(dot)ocn(dot)ne(dot)jp>, "Thomas Bley" <thbley(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: password is no required, authentication is overridden |
Date: | 2006-07-19 14:46:45 |
Message-ID: | E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E40154C0B3@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net]
> Sent: 19 July 2006 15:20
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Hiroshi Saito; Thomas Bley; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] password is no required,
> authentication is overridden
>
> >From: http://www.pgadmin.org/docs/1.4/connect.html
> >
> >If you select "store password", pgAdmin stores passwords you enter in
> >the ~/.pgpass file under *nix or
> %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf under
> >Win32 for later reuse. For details, see pgpass
> documentation. It will be
> >used for all libpq based tools. If you want the password removed, you
> >can select the server's properties and uncheck the selection
> any time.
> >
> >
> >
>
> OK, although I am not sure I think that is sensible - it is at least
> documented. Does the dialog box also carry similar info?
It has a Help button that takes you straight to that doc page.
> >We have no sensible way of determining whether or not the
> libpq we are
> >running with supports PGPASSFILE.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Well, this answer is better. The lack of an API to tell you
> the library
> version is possibly worrying, though.
Indeed. The issue has been raised a few times in the past but for
reasons I forget, such an API has never been added :-(
I'd be happy with:
int PQmajorVer()
int PQminorVer()
Or something similar. It would also be handy to have something like
PQhasKerberos()...
Regards, Dave.
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