Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq
Date: 2002-08-09 22:56:21
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0208100043170.3577-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Alvaro Herrera writes:

> Currently the format for the file should be
>
> host:port:database:user:password

I think just the password. If you need a different password, select a
different file.

The sort of format you propose makes it much too convenient for users to
build password databases in files, which kind of defeats the point of
passwords.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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