Re: Sharing /etc/passwd with PostgreSQL

Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > It had to do with me having a bogus password in .pgpass (so psql was
> > first trying empty password, then the one in .pgpass, and both failing).
> > Pilot error. However, I'd say that we ought to give a notice if the
> > password in .pgpass fails.
>
> Can we do something like
> ERROR: password authentication failed (using password from .pgpass)
> ie, just tack on a comment to the error message?

I looked into that but found it difficult to implement because only
libpq knows about pgpass, while the message is printed by psql.

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