From 534af30cfd07d2b74ffdd0f5d87e45ebf78d275c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:57:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document that PGPASSWORD is not secure.
---
doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml | 6 ++++--
doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
index bbfb106068b..3394953d0d7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.35 2001/11/21 05:53:41 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.36 2001/11/28 19:57:36 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpqplusplus">
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.35 2001/11/21 05:53:
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
- sets the password used if the backend demands password authentication.
+ sets the password used if the backend demands password
+ authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
+ be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 8629aa6e558..92d6c13189b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.80 2001/11/21 22:57:01 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.81 2001/11/28 19:57:36 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@@ -2013,7 +2013,9 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database and for authentication.
<primary><envar>PGPASSWORD</envar></primary>
</indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
-sets the password used if the backend demands password authentication.
+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>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
--
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