Re: psql password prompt - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Gavin Sherry
Subject Re: psql password prompt
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0208231518320.8615-100000@linuxworld.com.au
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In response to Re: psql password prompt  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com> writes:
> > Is there a reason not to change it to something like
> > username@host:port Password:
> 
> Not sure.  I can't immediately spot any security risk in this, but that
> doesn't mean there isn't any.  It bothers me that I cannot think of
> *any* other password-prompting program that gives you such feedback.

[swm@laptop swm]$ ssh zipperii.zip.com.au
swm@zipperii.zip.com.au's password:

:-)

Gavin



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