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Add the "PGPASSFILE" environment variable to specify to the password 

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Andrew Dunstan
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Bruce Momjian 2005-06-10 03:02:30 +00:00
parent 3b167a4099
commit 453d74b99c
2 changed files with 47 additions and 12 deletions
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doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.183 2005/06/09 19:08:28 tgl Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.184 2005/06/10 03:02:01 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@ -3712,6 +3712,17 @@ allow non-root users to see process environment variables via
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary><envar>PGPASSFILE</envar></primary>
</indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSFILE</envar>
specifies the name of the password file to use for lookups.
If not set, it defaults to <filename>~/.pgpass</>
(see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<indexterm>
<primary><envar>PGSERVICE</envar></primary>
</indexterm>
@ -3902,12 +3913,13 @@ internationalization.
</indexterm>
<para>
The file <filename>.pgpass</filename> in a user's home directory is a file
that can contain passwords to be used if the connection requires a
password (and no password has been specified otherwise).
On Microsoft Windows the file is named
<filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf</> (where <filename>%APPDATA%</>
refers to the Application Data subdirectory in the user's profile).
The file <filename>.pgpass</filename> in a user's home directory or the
file referenced by <envar>PGPASSFILE</envar> can contain passwords to
be used if the connection requires a password (and no password has been
specified otherwise). On Microsoft Windows the file is named
<filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf</> (where
<filename>%APPDATA%</> refers to the Application Data subdirectory in
the user's profile).
</para>
<para>

33
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.307 2005/06/04 20:42:43 momjian Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.308 2005/06/10 03:02:30 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -3217,9 +3217,9 @@ static char *
PasswordFromFile(char *hostname, char *port, char *dbname, char *username)
{
FILE *fp;
char homedir[MAXPGPATH];
char pgpassfile[MAXPGPATH];
struct stat stat_buf;
char *passfile_env;
#define LINELEN NAMEDATALEN*5
char buf[LINELEN];
@ -3236,15 +3236,38 @@ PasswordFromFile(char *hostname, char *port, char *dbname, char *username)
if (port == NULL)
port = DEF_PGPORT_STR;
if (!pqGetHomeDirectory(homedir, sizeof(homedir)))
return NULL;
if ((passfile_env = getenv("PGPASSFILE")) != NULL)
{
/* use the literal path from the environment, if set */
StrNCpy(pgpassfile, passfile_env, MAXPGPATH);
if (!pgpassfile)
{
fprintf(stderr, libpq_gettext("out of memory\n"));
return NULL;
}
}
else
{
char homedir[MAXPGPATH];
snprintf(pgpassfile, sizeof(pgpassfile), "%s/%s", homedir, PGPASSFILE);
if (!pqGetHomeDirectory(homedir, sizeof(homedir)))
return NULL;
snprintf(pgpassfile, sizeof(pgpassfile), "%s/%s", homedir, PGPASSFILE);
}
/* If password file cannot be opened, ignore it. */
if (stat(pgpassfile, &stat_buf) == -1)
return NULL;
if (!S_ISREG(stat_buf.st_mode))
{
fprintf(stderr,
libpq_gettext("WARNING: Password file %s is not a plain file.\n"),
pgpassfile);
free(pgpassfile);
return NULL;
}
#ifndef WIN32
/* If password file is insecure, alert the user and ignore it. */
if (stat_buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))