Re: [PATCH] pg_autovacuum commandline password hiding.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: 24 May 2005 16:02
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Ian FREISLICH; pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [PATCHES] [PATCH] pg_autovacuum commandline
> password hiding.
>
> "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> >> Which is exactly why we don't (and won't) provide such a switch.
>
> > Err, yes we do:
>
> Um, sorry, I totally misread Ian's patch as a proposal that we add a
> password switch (I hate unidiffs ;-)).

:-)

> I would argue actually that this switch is a horrible idea and we
> must take it out entirely. The method Ian proposes for hiding the
> password after reading it is certainly not portable in the slightest,
> and even if we could make it work on all platforms (which we can't)
> I don't think it would be good enough, because there would still be
> a window where the superuser password was exposed to view before
> we could wipe it out.

Agreed. The attached patch should do the trick.

Regards, Dave