Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format
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Msg-id 20140221153735.GE28858@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Storing the password in .pgpass file in an encrypted format  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 2014-02-21 12:04:47 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> You could instead try to have an authentication agent that stores an
> encrypted password or certificate and asks the user to supply the key to
> decrypt it when trying to establish a connection; but that would force
> you to require user intervention, which in many cases you don't want.

Alternatively use something like kerberos.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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