| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] TODO list updated |
| Date: | 2000-01-13 01:02:38 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0001122057340.46499-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, now we have to decide if we are going to require this be done as
> part of initdb. I am inclined to say the user _has_ to be _prompted_ in
> a secure matter for the password as part of initdb. Have a command-line
> switch for the password is not secure, IMHO, though it is better than
> nothing.
If we do a 'CREATE USER <user> WITH PASSWORD <pass>', its no more secure
then using a command line switch for password ...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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