On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 22:29 +0200, Alastair Turner wrote: > I am proposing altering psql to raise certain errors and exit before > prompting for a password. These errors would have to be on items which > didn't leak any information, my current list is: > - Does the input file (-f) exist and is it readable > - Do paths to the output files ( -o and -l) exist and are they writable > - Is the host/socket listening (-h) >
I think these are pretty good. The last one might not be as easy as you think. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers