Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh(at)pop(dot)jaring(dot)my>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens
Date: 2001-11-28 21:08:19
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0111282208050.636-100000@peter.localdomain
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> OK, new text is:
>
> <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
> sets the password used if the backend demands password
> authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
> be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
>
> I am unsure if Linux has this problem but it seems most other Unix's do.

Please qualify "most".

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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