Re: saved passwords deleted

On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 22:33 +0100, Vik Reykja wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 22:25, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> > 1. connect to server, save password
> > 2. disconnect from server
> > 3. stop server
> > 4. connect to server (fails, of course)
> > 5. start server
> > 6. connect to server
> >
> > pgAdmin asks for my password
>
> That's intentional. A failed connection attempt causes the
> password to
> be dropped to prevent you getting stuck in a situation where
> you
> cannot login without manually editing the file to get round
> some
> random authentication issue.
>
> So it's an infinite loop issue and not a security issue? I would
> rather have a separate option somewhere to connect without saved
> password.
>

You can connect without saving the password: let the "Save password"
checkbox unchecked.

> Our product "embeds" PG so all the non-tech employees (like the sales
> guys) have it running on their computers. They call me for help and I
> connect to them and fail and tell them to turn off their firewall or
> whatever (again) and then I have to lookup their password. My usage
> may not be common enough for a generic tool to deal with, but it
> certainly is annoying.

I'm not sure what you meant here.

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Guillaume
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