| From: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL-development Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Windows psql changes after 8.1.1 |
| Date: | 2006-11-24 14:25:51 |
| Message-ID: | 6A6E568D-8E80-456E-B839-8E764818E134@pgedit.com |
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Hi Magnus,
I did not use PGPASSWORD because the documentation says it is not
secure. I'll give it a try on Windows. Just curious, why is stdin/
stdout insecure if that is what is used for normal interactive
operation?
Could you point me to the file that changed in 8.1.4?
Thanks!
John
On Nov 23, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Hmm, not sure why that changed after 8.1.1 - I see changes in 8.1.4
> only. But - you're not supposed to send the password over stdin/
> stdout.
> I would suggest you set the PGPASSWORD environment variable in the
> custom environment. (it's secure on windows)
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL
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