Re: saved passwords deleted

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 22:03, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 16:16 +0100, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > Le 06/11/2010 22:35, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
> > > Le 05/11/2010 17:18, Michael Shapiro a écrit :
> > >> I noticed that if I have a problem connecting to a server for which I
> have a
> > >> saved password, the entry in pgpass.conf is deleted.
> > >> When I later succeed in connecting, the server then prompts for a
> password
> > >> (and the pgpass.conf entry is added back).
> > >>
> > >> Is it possible to not delete the entry if the connection fails?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Right now, no. And I can't find this dialog now, must be too tired.
> > >
> > > But, yes, it could probably be a good idea to add such an option.
> > >
> >
> > I also created a ticket to remind us to work on this dialog.
> >
>
> I tried quite some time to reproduce the issue tonight, and failed to do
> so. The only time it removes the password is when I unchecked the "Store
> password" checkbox, which appears to be a valid behaviour.
>
> Unless you're able to show me how to do this, I'm afraid we won't do
> anything on that matter (because there is nothing to do).
>

This is how it happens to me (on Windows at work, I haven't tried on linux
at home and I don't have a mac):

1. connect to server, save password
2. disconnect from server
3. stop server
4. connect to server (fails, of course)
5. start server
6. connect to server

pgAdmin asks for my password