Re: psql: default base and password reading - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: psql: default base and password reading
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0110141654470.849-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: psql: default base and password reading  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: psql: default base and password reading  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: psql: default base and password reading  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: psql: default base and password reading  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> Have you seen my later version that reads from stdin/stderr if /dev/tty
> doesn't open.  How is that?

Might as well use getpass() if available.  My man page says "A getpass
function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.", so it should be available on
most systems.

However, I'm afraid many users have set up their systems to read the
password from stdin, so that should probably stay the default unless we
take a user poll.

--
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter


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