password is readable in psqlodbc.log !!!

From: Jan Ehrhardt <ehrhardt(at)medinf(dot)mu-luebeck(dot)de>
To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: password is readable in psqlodbc.log !!!
Date: 2000-07-07 09:02:27
Message-ID: 39659CA3.D8AADEA9@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
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Hi,

the log-file of the psgl-odbc driver (for Win32) reveals the password
of the
database-user. I think this is very dangerous, cause mostly username
and password of the database-user and the system account are
identical.
I think, at least you have to print a warning in the documentation !!!

Jan

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