On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, now we have to decide if we are going to require this be done as
> part of initdb. I am inclined to say the user _has_ to be _prompted_ in
> a secure matter for the password as part of initdb. Have a command-line
> switch for the password is not secure, IMHO, though it is better than
> nothing.
If we do a 'CREATE USER <user> WITH PASSWORD <pass>', its no more secure
then using a command line switch for password ...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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