Re: Sharing /etc/passwd with PostgreSQL

Hi Everybody,

I am interested in following this particular thread,
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-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org on behalf of Tom Lane
Sent: Thu 8/20/2009 8:37 AM
To: Alvaro Herrera
Cc: Eamonn Martin; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Sharing /etc/passwd with PostgreSQL

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> It had to do with me having a bogus password in .pgpass (so psql was
> first trying empty password, then the one in .pgpass, and both failing).
> Pilot error. However, I'd say that we ought to give a notice if the
> password in .pgpass fails.

Can we do something like
ERROR: password authentication failed (using password from .pgpass)
ie, just tack on a comment to the error message?

regards, tom lane