From: | Bill Studenmund <wrstuden(at)netbsd(dot)org> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>, 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 22:04:31 |
Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.4.33.0111281403350.13673-100000@vespasia.home-net.internetconnect.net |
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> 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>.
> >
> > Just a nit--the 'e' option is for Berkeley-style ps (/usr/ucb/ps on
> > Solaris). SysV ps doesn't have an equivalent from what I can see,
> > (though I may have missed it) and '-e' does something totally
> > different.
>
> Yes, I debated that one. I wanted to mention the environment issue
> without being verbose. I believe 'ps e', without the dash, does show
> environment, doesn't it?
Some OSs, I know AIX for example, use SysV options if you have a dash, and
BSD options if you don't. So ps -e does the SysV -e option, while ps e
does the BSD -e option.
Take care,
Bill
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