Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check
Date: 2007-02-20 18:34:04
Message-ID: 200702201834.l1KIY4B15046@momjian.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check pgpass
> > file permissions on Windows.
> >
>
> +On Microsoft Windows, the file is stored in a directory that is secure by
> +default, so no special permissions check is made.
>
>
>
> I doubt this is true if PGPASSFILE is set.

I thought it would be in the user's Application Data directory, or are
you saying they might put it somewhere else?

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