On 27-01-2012 23:15, agr...@gmail.com wrote: > When psql prompts for a password, it only reads the first 100 characters of > the password. The limit in fe-connect.c (for when .pgpass is used) is > weirder, a seemingly arbitrary 320 bytes for all fields combined. Other > (postgresql-jdbc, PyGreSQL, etc.) have no problem with a 512-byte password. > It would be nice to have these limits controlled by a constant, and for the > command to give an error or warning when a password is truncated. > I don't see it as a bug but a limitation. Why do you need such a long password? If you are not comfortable with this reasonable limit, look at fe-connect.c -> PasswordFromFile() and change the LINELEN. More to the point, AFAICS all of the PostgreSQL client prompts are limited to 100 bytes (look at simple_prompt function); letting 220 bytes for host, port, database, and user.
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