| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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| To: | <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | initdb initial password from file |
| Date: | 2004-06-20 17:17:01 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE34BCE6@algol.sollentuna.se |
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Attached is a patch that adds the option --pwfile=<filename> to initdb.
The first line of this file is used to set the new superuser password
(the same way --pwprompt asks for one).
This feature is needed for the win32 GUI installer (possibly other
installers?), which need a way to specify the password to be set. Per
previous discussions commandline parameter or environment variable are
not secure. Storing it in a file is the same thing libpq does for
~/.pgpass, and should be secure enough, I think.
//Magnus
| Attachment | Content-Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| initdb_pwfile.patch | application/octet-stream | 6.1 KB |
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