Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >> Tom Lane wrote:
> >>> Log Message:
> >>> -----------
> >>> Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check pgpass
> >>> file permissions on Windows.
> >>>
> >> +On Microsoft Windows, the file is stored in a directory that is secure by
> >> +default, so no special permissions check is made.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I doubt this is true if PGPASSFILE is set.
> >
> > I thought it would be in the user's Application Data directory, or are
> > you saying they might put it somewhere else?
> >
>
> PGPASSFILE takes a full path name, so you can put the file anywhere you
> want. Just like on Unix.

OK, so we _do_ need to check the permissions on pgpass on Win32, but we
just don't know how to do that?

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