On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 22:33 +0100, Vik Reykja wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 22:25, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: > > 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 > > That's intentional. A failed connection attempt causes the > password to > be dropped to prevent you getting stuck in a situation where > you > cannot login without manually editing the file to get round > some > random authentication issue. > > So it's an infinite loop issue and not a security issue? I would > rather have a separate option somewhere to connect without saved > password. >
You can connect without saving the password: let the "Save password" checkbox unchecked. > Our product "embeds" PG so all the non-tech employees (like the sales > guys) have it running on their computers. They call me for help and I > connect to them and fail and tell them to turn off their firewall or > whatever (again) and then I have to lookup their password. My usage > may not be common enough for a generic tool to deal with, but it > certainly is annoying. I'm not sure what you meant here. -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
