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

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
parent 46aaa5dda3
commit 7f4981f4af
4 changed files with 148 additions and 28 deletions

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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
$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">
@ -119,9 +119,12 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.41 2002/03/22 19:20:
<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.
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>

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.190 2002/07/20 05:43:31 momjian Exp $
* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.191 2002/08/15 02:56:19 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ static char *conninfo_getval(PQconninfoOption *connOptions,
static void defaultNoticeProcessor(void *arg, const char *message);
static int parseServiceInfo(PQconninfoOption *options,
PQExpBuffer errorMessage);
char *pwdfMatchesString(char *buf, char *token);
char *PasswordFromFile(char *hostname, char *port, char *dbname,
char *username, char *pwdfile);
/*
* Connecting to a Database
@ -388,6 +391,10 @@ PQconndefaults(void)
*
* PGPASSWORD The user's password.
*
* PGPASSWORDFILE
* A file that contains host:port:database:user:password
* for authentication
*
* PGDATABASE name of database to which to connect if <pgdatabase>
* argument is NULL or a null string
*
@ -476,13 +483,6 @@ PQsetdbLogin(const char *pghost, const char *pgport, const char *pgoptions,
libpq_gettext("could not determine the PostgreSQL user name to use\n"));
}
if (pwd)
conn->pgpass = strdup(pwd);
else if ((tmp = getenv("PGPASSWORD")) != NULL)
conn->pgpass = strdup(tmp);
else
conn->pgpass = strdup(DefaultPassword);
if (dbName == NULL)
{
if ((tmp = getenv("PGDATABASE")) != NULL)
@ -493,6 +493,17 @@ PQsetdbLogin(const char *pghost, const char *pgport, const char *pgoptions,
else
conn->dbName = strdup(dbName);
/* getPasswordFromFile mallocs its result, so we don't need strdup here */
if (pwd)
conn->pgpass = strdup(pwd);
else if ((tmp = getenv("PGPASSWORD")) != NULL)
conn->pgpass = strdup(tmp);
else if ((tmp = PasswordFromFile(conn->pghost, conn->pgport,
conn->dbName, conn->pguser,
getenv("PGPASSWORDFILE"))) != NULL)
conn->pgpass = tmp;
else
conn->pgpass = strdup(DefaultPassword);
#ifdef USE_SSL
if ((tmp = getenv("PGREQUIRESSL")) != NULL)
@ -2810,3 +2821,92 @@ defaultNoticeProcessor(void *arg, const char *message)
/* Note: we expect the supplied string to end with a newline already. */
fprintf(stderr, "%s", message);
}
/* returns a pointer to the next token or NULL if the current
* token doesn't match */
char *
pwdfMatchesString(char *buf, char *token)
{
char *tbuf,
*ttok;
bool bslash = false;
if (buf == NULL || token == NULL)
return NULL;
tbuf = buf;
ttok = token;
if (*tbuf == '*')
return tbuf + 2;
while (*tbuf != 0)
{
if (*tbuf == '\\' && !bslash)
{
tbuf++;
bslash = true;
}
if (*tbuf == ':' && *ttok == 0 && !bslash)
return tbuf+1;
bslash = false;
if (*ttok == 0)
return NULL;
if (*tbuf == *ttok)
{
tbuf++;
ttok++;
}
else
return NULL;
}
return NULL;
}
/* get a password from the password file. */
char *
PasswordFromFile(char *hostname, char *port, char *dbname,
char *username, char *pwdfile)
{
FILE *fp;
#define LINELEN NAMEDATALEN*5
char buf[LINELEN];
if (pwdfile == NULL || strcmp(pwdfile, "") == 0)
return NULL;
if (dbname == NULL || strcmp(dbname, "") == 0)
return NULL;
if (username == NULL || strcmp(username, "") == 0)
return NULL;
if (hostname == NULL)
hostname = DefaultHost;
if (port == NULL)
port = DEF_PGPORT_STR;
fp = fopen(pwdfile, "r");
if (fp == NULL)
return NULL;
while (!feof(fp)) {
char *t = buf,
*ret;
fgets(buf, LINELEN - 1, fp);
if (strlen(buf) == 0)
continue;
buf[strlen(buf) - 1] = 0;
if ((t = pwdfMatchesString(t, hostname)) == NULL ||
(t = pwdfMatchesString(t, port)) == NULL ||
(t = pwdfMatchesString(t, dbname)) == NULL ||
(t = pwdfMatchesString(t, username)) == NULL)
continue;
ret=(char *)malloc(sizeof(char)*strlen(t));
strncpy(ret, t, strlen(t));
fclose(fp);
return ret;
}
fclose(fp);
return NULL;
#undef LINELEN
}

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#-------------------------------------------------------
#
# $Id: Pg.pm,v 1.10 2001/09/10 04:19:19 momjian Exp $
# $Id: Pg.pm,v 1.11 2002/08/15 02:56:19 momjian Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Edmund Mergl
#
@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ lower-case, unless it is surrounded by double quotes. All unspecified
parameters are replaced by environment variables or by hard coded defaults:
parameter environment variable hard coded default
--------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
host PGHOST localhost
port PGPORT 5432
options PGOPTIONS ""
@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ parameters are replaced by environment variables or by hard coded defaults:
dbname PGDATABASE current userid
user PGUSER current userid
password PGPASSWORD ""
passwordfile PGPASSWORDFILE ""
Using appropriate methods you can access almost all fields of the
returned PGconn structure.