Re: BUG #1567: can't hide password with pg_autovacuum

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>, Olivier Thauvin <nanardon(at)nanardon(dot)homelinux(dot)org>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #1567: can't hide password with pg_autovacuum
Date: 2005-03-30 14:58:06
Message-ID: 20050330145806.GB32434@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 03:06:44PM +1000, Neil Conway wrote:
> Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> >I believe that pg_autovacuum will work with a .pgpass file just like any
> >libpq based application.
>
> It should, yes. I've applied the attached patch to HEAD and
> REL8_0_STABLE that makes the security warning about -P more broad, and
> suggests using ~/.pgpass instead.

I believe on Windows the file is called pgpass.conf instead?

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[(at)]dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>)
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