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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: 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 up
Date: 2001-11-28 18:48:27
Message-ID: 3177.1006973307@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Is there a safe way to send username and password to psql?

> The standard way I know of is to use 'expect' and wrap your psql call
> around that.

Didn't you break that by making psql read the password from /dev/tty?
Or can 'expect' take control of /dev/tty?

regards, tom lane

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