Re: Better auth errors from libpq

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:28:36PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > I think something like:
>
> > psql: FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "root"
> > HINT: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/client-authentication.html
>
> > Would be nice.
>
> Do you really think that's helpful in the typical case where someone
> fat-fingered their password?
>
> I'm not averse to hint messages that are actually helpful, ie,
> reasonably connected to the *specific* failure situation.  The problem
> I've got with David's proposal is that it provides a one-size-fits-all
> hint for every possible auth failure.  One size does not fit all here.

Here's a few different sizes: one for each auth method.

Cheers,
David.
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