Re: Bug Report - PGAdmin3 windows pgpass.conf passwords stored in plain text

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Joe Moyle <jmoyle(at)paymetric(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug Report - PGAdmin3 windows pgpass.conf passwords stored in plain text
Date: 2007-05-23 15:46:06
Message-ID: 465461BE.3020204@iol.ie
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On 23/05/2007 15:52, Joe Moyle wrote:

> While doing some poking around I discovered that the passwords in the
> pgpass.conf file are stored in plain text. I consider this a bug.

It's not a bug - use file permissions to protect the file from prying eyes.

Ray.

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