Re: pgpass

From: Olivier Bouiron <o(dot)bouiron(at)isc84(dot)org>
To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgpass
Date: 2010-04-09 07:29:24
Message-ID: 4BBED754.3060007@isc84.org
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Le 07/04/2010 16:48, Magnus Hagander a écrit :
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Olivier Bouiron<o(dot)bouiron(at)isc84(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> Hi evryone.
>> I would like to know if the pgpass file will be encrypted in a futur version of pgadmin.
>>
> the pgpass file is a function of PostgreSQL, not pgadmin.
>
>
>
>> It's not a bug but it could be a good thing to do that one day (and I think it's not very difficult, isn't it?).
>>
> The answer is most likely no. Encryption is easy, but what key would
> you use to encrypt it with?
>
> If you are worried about it, your best choice is to make sure your
> home directory is on an encrypted filesystem. This is supported on
> most (all?) modern platforms.
>
>
I'm sorry...
Thanks for your answer

Olivier

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