Re: PATCH: warn about, and deprecate, clear text passwords - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM David G. Johnston
<david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
> It could also be:
>
> warning: your password is known to Big Brother
> hint: use psql \password to supply a private password, or see “docs/wiki page” for more details and a way to
pre-computeand send a private password via SQL. 

OK, that's actually a fair point. It's still true, though, that all
the complaints that I hear about this are of the form "someone MIGHT
do something that puts their password in a log file" and a warning
doesn't stop that.

Granted, other people may hear different complaints than I do.

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Robert Haas
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