| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Ricardo Vaz - TCESP" <jrvaz(at)tce(dot)sp(dot)gov(dot)br> |
| Subject: | Re: Log of CREATE USER statement |
| Date: | 2005-12-09 19:27:07 |
| Message-ID: | 676.1134156427@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Maybe we should provide a backslash command in psql for secure password
> entry, say, \password [username]. This would then ask for the password
> through a somewhat secure, unlogged channel, encrypt it, and send an
> ALTER ROLE command to the server.
Not a bad idea. It'd at least keep the cleartext password firmly on the
client side.
regards, tom lane
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