Thread: BUG #3620: superuser password in windows registry

BUG #3620: superuser password in windows registry

From
"mirek"
Date:
The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      3620
Logged by:          mirek
Email address:      mirek@mascort.com.pl
PostgreSQL version: 8.2.4
Operating system:   Windows
Description:        superuser password in windows registry
Details:

I'm looking for something in windows registry and by accident I looked that
superuser password for postgresql in windows registry was write open text.
Maybe is some my mistake... Can I install postgresql without open text
superuser password in registry ?

Re: BUG #3620: superuser password in windows registry

From
Dave Page
Date:
On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 19:59 +0000, mirek wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      3620
> Logged by:          mirek
> Email address:      mirek@mascort.com.pl
> PostgreSQL version: 8.2.4
> Operating system:   Windows
> Description:        superuser password in windows registry
> Details:
>
> I'm looking for something in windows registry and by accident I looked that
> superuser password for postgresql in windows registry was write open text.
> Maybe is some my mistake... Can I install postgresql without open text
> superuser password in registry ?

Neither PostgreSQL or pgInstaller write the password to the registry, in
plain text or hashed/encrypted.

What registry key do you see it in?

Regards, Dave.