Re: BUG #6412: psql & fe-connect truncate passwords - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #6412: psql & fe-connect truncate passwords
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Msg-id 24946.1327776424@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #6412: psql & fe-connect truncate passwords  (Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #6412: psql & fe-connect truncate passwords  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com> writes:
> I don't see it as a bug but a limitation. Why do you need such a long
> password?

Yeah, I think the reason we're not too consistent about this is that
nobody ever imagined that limits of 100 bytes or more would pose an
issue in practice.  What's the use-case for passwords longer than
that?

            regards, tom lane

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