Did anyone ever implement code in Java to read Postgres configuration
information from a user's .pgpass file - or a more general
pg_service.conf - as discussed in this thread back in 2006?
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> * *From*: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
> * *To*: PostgreSQL JDBC List <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> * *Subject*: pg_service.conf ?
> * *Date*: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:23:06 -0800
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http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2006-03/msg00060.phphttp://groups.google.com/group/pgsql.interfaces.jdbc/browse_thread/thread/fa5669c89282d898/0f438795270b1a3a
My organization uses .pgpass files to securely store and read user's
passwords when user run applications in Perl and Python but currently
not for Java.
A search on Google finds one implementation in Java for reading
configuration info from a .pgpass file, but it is provided under a
somewhat restrictive license:
http://rb.dcache.org/r/1308/
modules/srm/src/org/dcache/srm/util/Pgpass.java
<http://rb.dcache.org/r/1308/diff/1/?file=9469#file9469line54>
http://www.dcache.org/manuals/dCacheSoftwareLicence.html
Of course, it's not like the implementation of this class is very hard,
but why reinvent the wheel if you don't have to.
Thanks.
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Scott Langley
Systems Analyst/Programmer
Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention (SCHARP)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
slangley@scharp.org
