Re: redacting password in SQL statement in server log

Zhihong Yu <zyu@yugabyte.com> writes:
> Currently, in situation such as duplicate role creation, the server log
> would show something such as the following:

> 2022-07-22 13:48:18.251 UTC [330] STATEMENT:  CREATE ROLE test WITH LOGIN
> PASSWORD 'foobar';

> The password itself should be redacted before logging the statement.

This has been proposed multiple times, and rejected multiple times,
primarily because it offers only false security: you'll never cover
all the cases.  (The proposed patch manages to create a bunch of
false positives to go along with its false negatives, too.)

The only safe answer is to be sure to keep the server log contents
secure.  Please see prior discussions in the archives.

            regards, tom lane