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I'm giving a try at some TODO items. Currently it's the turn of the

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PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable.  I have modified libpq to make use
of this variable.  I present the first cut here.

Currently the format for the file should be

host:port:database:user:password

Alvaro Herrera
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Bruce Momjian
2002-08-15 02:56:19 +00:00
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.41 2002/03/22 19:20:12 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.42 2002/08/15 02:56:19 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpqplusplus">
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the backend demands password
authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
be read by others using the <command>ps</command> command with special options
on some platforms.
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the backend demands password
authentication. This is deprecated; use <envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar> instead.
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar>
sets the password file used if the backend demands password
authentication. Refer to the libpq documentation for more details.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.90 2002/03/22 19:20:13 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.91 2002/08/15 02:56:19 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@@ -2038,9 +2038,25 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database and for authentication.
</indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the backend demands password
authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
be read by others using the <command>ps</command> command with special options
on some platforms.
authentication. This functionality is deprecated for security
reasons; consider migrating to <envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary><envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar></primary>
</indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar>
sets the password file used if the backend demands password authentication.
This file should have the format
<screen>
<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable>:<replaceable>database</replaceable>:<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable>
</screen>
Any of these may be a literal name, or a <literal>*</literal> that matches
anything. The first match will be the one used, so put more specific entries first.
Entries with <literal>:</literal> or <literal>\</literal> should be escaped
with <literal>\</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>