Re: [PG19-3 PATCH] Don't ignore passfile

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Paul Ohlhauser <bendix(dot)ohlhauser(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, postgresql(dot)cache976(at)passmail(dot)net, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PG19-3 PATCH] Don't ignore passfile
Date: 2025-09-08 13:36:13
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZpnGSKqq8byUuGT=iiAt=UdPiqVi1N61ha-hTukSFX8g@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Sep 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM Paul Ohlhauser
<bendix(dot)ohlhauser(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> My point is not that the user is not happy, that they have to change permissions.
> It is that the user would rather get a clear error message than to get two separate messages (warning that doesn't mention "ignore" and authentication error) they need to connect to understand what is going on.

Would it address your concern if we reworded that error message to be
more clear that the file is going to be ignored? I think that proposal
would have a better chance of success than this one.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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