Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a reason not to change it to something like
> username(at)host:port Password:
Not sure. I can't immediately spot any security risk in this, but that
doesn't mean there isn't any. It bothers me that I cannot think of
*any* other password-prompting program that gives you such feedback.
Seems like if this were really a good idea, we'd not be the first to
do it ...
regards, tom lane