Document that PGPASSWORD is not secure.

REL7_2_STABLE
Bruce Momjian 24 years ago
parent 3312b8ed3c
commit 534af30cfd
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      doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
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      doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml

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<chapter id="libpqplusplus">
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<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the backend demands password authentication.
sets the password used if the backend demands password
authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>

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<chapter id="libpq">
@ -2013,7 +2013,9 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database and for authentication.
<primary><envar>PGPASSWORD</envar></primary>
</indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the backend demands password authentication.
sets the password used if the backend demands password
authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>

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