Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, next question. Is this something that can be fixed during beta. > > Yeah, I think so --- it's not forcing an initdb, so it won't be too > painful for beta testers. And once we release it will be very hard > to change the defini

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Reinhard Max
On 5 Sep 2002 at 12:33, Rod Taylor wrote: > My understanding is that it's a single password, not a list. > > As such you would probably not want a default, as each database you > connect to will (should?) have a different password. By setting a > default file we may encourage users to use the sa

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, next question. Is this something that can be fixed during beta. Yeah, I think so --- it's not forcing an initdb, so it won't be too painful for beta testers. And once we release it will be very hard to change the definition of the feature; better

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Rod Taylor
> > My understanding is that it's a single password, not a list. > > It isn't a single password. It is a file containing one password per > line with pattern matching. Oh, well in that case it should probably be a default spot in the home directory. ---(end of broadcas

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rod Taylor wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 12:14, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Rod Taylor wrote: > > > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 05:13, Reinhard Max wrote: > > > > On 4 Sep 2002 at 12:48, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > > > > > > > This item: > > > > > Add file to hold passwords using PGPASSWORDFILE environment v

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpassword so that this feature > >>> can be used without setting yet another environment variable? > > > Is there a good reason for a default for this? > > Well, most of the other packages I c

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpassword so that this feature >>> can be used without setting yet another environment variable? > Is there a good reason for a default for this? Well, most of the other packages I can think of have hard-wired as

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Rod Taylor
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 12:14, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Rod Taylor wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 05:13, Reinhard Max wrote: > > > On 4 Sep 2002 at 12:48, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > > > > > This item: > > > > Add file to hold passwords using PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable > > > > > > > > Has been

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rod Taylor wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 05:13, Reinhard Max wrote: > > On 4 Sep 2002 at 12:48, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > > > This item: > > > Add file to hold passwords using PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable > > > > > > Has been completed, and will be a part of the 7.3 release. > > > > Is the

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Rod Taylor
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 05:13, Reinhard Max wrote: > On 4 Sep 2002 at 12:48, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > This item: > > Add file to hold passwords using PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable > > > > Has been completed, and will be a part of the 7.3 release. > > Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpas

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-05 Thread Reinhard Max
On 4 Sep 2002 at 12:48, Rod Taylor wrote: > This item: > Add file to hold passwords using PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable > > Has been completed, and will be a part of the 7.3 release. Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpassword so that this feature can be used without setting yet anothe

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of $PGPASSWORD

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
This functionality will be in 7.3, due out in a few months. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wojciech Scigala ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 4 > The lower the number the more severe it is. > > Short Des

Re: [BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

2002-09-04 Thread Rod Taylor
This item: Add file to hold passwords using PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable Has been completed, and will be a part of the 7.3 release. Thanks, Rod On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 11:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wojciech Scigala ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 4 > The lo

[BUGS] Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of $PGPASSWORD

2002-09-04 Thread pgsql-bugs
Wojciech Scigala ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 4 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description suggestion: file with password instead of $PGPASSWORD Long Description This is not a bug-report in fact, but a suggestion of a feature. (I couldn't find an separa