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Backpatch clarification of PGPASSWORD to 8.0.X.

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Bruce Momjian
2005-02-26 18:50:44 +00:00
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<!-- <!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.178 2005/01/14 00:23:21 momjian Exp $ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.178.4.1 2005/02/26 18:50:44 momjian Exp $
--> -->
<chapter id="libpq"> <chapter id="libpq">
@@ -3691,9 +3691,11 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database.
</indexterm> </indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar> <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the server demands password sets the password used if the server demands password
authentication. This environment variable is deprecated for security authentication. Use of this environment variable is not
reasons; instead consider using the <filename>~/.pgpass</> recommended for security reasons (some operating systems
file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">). allow non-root users to see process environment variables via
<application>ps</>); instead consider using the
<filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>