Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian writes:

> OK, new text is:
>
>     <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
>     sets the password used if the backend demands password
>     authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
>     be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
>
> I am unsure if Linux has this problem but it seems most other Unix's do.

Please qualify "most".

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