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

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
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 21:03:49
Message-ID: 200111282103.fASL3ov17919@candle.pha.pa.us
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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".

I thought SysV had an environment switch, but in researching I see it
doesn't. Seems it came from BSD, so it is probably not most.

Current SGML comment says "some platforms".

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