> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > I will document the security problem with PGPASSWORD and add a TODO item
> > to remove it in 7.3. Is that OK with everyone?
>
> I don't think we should remove it. Documenting that using it is a
> security risk on some platforms seems a good idea, however.
OK, new text is:
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>sets the password used if the backend demands passwordauthentication. This is not recommended
becausethe password canbe read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
I am unsure if Linux has this problem but it seems most other Unix's do.
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