[Pgpool-hackers] Prompt for password in pg_md5

Taiki Yamaguchi yamaguchi at sraoss.co.jp
Fri Feb 29 04:54:57 UTC 2008


On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:50:31 +0200
Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo at ttmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> AFAIC, pg_md5 shouldn't allow plain password parameter for security
> reasons. I prepared a small patch which implements password prompt for
> pg_md5 while preserving compatibility with previous versions. What do
> developers think about this subject?

Looks good. Patch applied.

I made a slight change to disable "echo"ing password to the terminal.

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Taiki Yamaguchi


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