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Re: BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Dave Page
Subject Re: BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text
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Msg-id AANLkTinyQuU88LuqaeHWPoTN4A5yW3XbkhgW0uuzm+Tf@mail.gmail.com
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In response to BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text  ("Craig Sacco" <craig.sacco@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Craig Sacco <craig.sacco@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      5938
> Logged by:          Craig Sacco
> Email address:      craig.sacco@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
> Operating system:   Microsoft Windows (all variants, 32 and 64 bit)
> Description:        PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser
> password in clear text
> Details:
>
> The PostgreSQL installer outputs a log file to the temporary directory with
> the superuser password in clear text. We are deploying PostgreSQL as part
> of
> a commercial product and would like to ensure that the password is not
> available to ordinary users.
>
>
This has been fixed for the next releases.

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