Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:

> OK, new text is:
> 
>     <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 <command>ps -e</command>.

Just a nit--the 'e' option is for Berkeley-style ps (/usr/ucb/ps on
Solaris).  SysV ps doesn't have an equivalent from what I can see,
(though I may have missed it) and '-e' does something totally
different. 

> I am unsure if Linux has this problem but it seems most other Unix's do.

Modern versions (of Linux) don't seem to--you can see the env for your
processes but not for others'.

-Doug
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