| From: | tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane) |
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| To: | pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | pgsql: Remove the -P options of oid2name and pgbench, as they are |
| Date: | 2007-12-11 02:31:49 |
| Message-ID: | 20071211023149.938277540F0@cvs.postgresql.org |
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Log Message:
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Remove the -P options of oid2name and pgbench, as they are security
hazards. Instead teach these programs to prompt for a password when
necessary, just like all our other programs.
I did not bother to invent -W switches for them, since the return on
investment seems so low.
Modified Files:
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pgsql/contrib/oid2name:
oid2name.c (r1.32 -> r1.33)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/contrib/oid2name/oid2name.c?r1=1.32&r2=1.33)
pgsql/contrib/pgbench:
pgbench.c (r1.74 -> r1.75)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c?r1=1.74&r2=1.75)
pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
oid2name.sgml (r1.3 -> r1.4)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/oid2name.sgml?r1=1.3&r2=1.4)
pgbench.sgml (r1.4 -> r1.5)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgbench.sgml?r1=1.4&r2=1.5)
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