Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0208100043170.3577-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com>)
Responses Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com>)
Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Alvaro Herrera writes:

> Currently the format for the file should be
>
> host:port:database:user:password

I think just the password.  If you need a different password, select a
different file.

The sort of format you propose makes it much too convenient for users to
build password databases in files, which kind of defeats the point of
passwords.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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