> On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > OK, now we have to decide if we are going to require this be done as
> > part of initdb. I am inclined to say the user _has_ to be _prompted_ in
> > a secure matter for the password as part of initdb. Have a command-line
> > switch for the password is not secure, IMHO, though it is better than
> > nothing.
>
> If we do a 'CREATE USER <user> WITH PASSWORD <pass>', its no more secure
> then using a command line switch for password ...
Why is that? ps shows command args, righ?
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