On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 22:29 +0200, Alastair Turner wrote:
> I am proposing altering psql to raise certain errors and exit before
> prompting for a password. These errors would have to be on items which
> didn't leak any information, my current list is:
> - Does the input file (-f) exist and is it readable
> - Do paths to the output files ( -o and -l) exist and are they writable
> - Is the host/socket listening (-h)
>
I think these are pretty good. The last one might not be as easy as you
think.
Joshua D. Drake
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