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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check
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Msg-id 13681.1171997027@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> PGPASSFILE takes a full path name, so you can put the file anywhere you
>> want. Just like on Unix.

> OK, so we _do_ need to check the permissions on pgpass on Win32, but we
> just don't know how to do that?

We could ignore PGPASSFILE on Windows, or restrict it to be in the
secure directory ...

            regards, tom lane

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