From ffef9a9de4f7d992ebfbf88e5e926bc5e022f420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:39:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify PGPASSWORD usage: ! authentication. Use of this environment variable is not ! recommended for security reasons (some operating systems ! allow non-root users to see process environment variables via ! ps); instead consider using the ! ~/.pgpass file (see ). --- doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 73cee75d48..968cb19749 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -3691,9 +3691,11 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database. PGPASSWORD sets the password used if the server demands password -authentication. This environment variable is not recommended for security -reasons; instead consider using the ~/.pgpass -file (see ). +authentication. Use of this environment variable is not +recommended for security reasons (some operating systems +allow non-root users to see process environment variables via +ps); instead consider using the +~/.pgpass file (see ).