Marko Kreen wrote:
> > Maybe we should provide a backslash command in psql for secure
> > password entry, say, \password [username]. This would then ask for
> > the password through a somewhat secure, unlogged channel, encrypt
> > it, and send an ALTER ROLE command to the server.
>
> Letting createuser.c hash the password would be the biggest win.
Both of these things are now done, and I have sent notices to pgadmin
and phppgadmin asking for equivalent adjustments.
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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
