Allow password file name to be specified as a libpq connection parameter. Formerly an alternate password file could only be selected via the environment variable PGPASSFILE; now it can also be selected via a new connection parameter "passfile", corresponding to the conventions for most other connection parameters. There was some concern about this creating a security weakness, but it was agreed that that argument was pretty thin, and there are clear use-cases for handling password files this way.
Julian Markwort, reviewed by Fabien Coelho, some adjustments by me Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a4b4f4f1-7b58-a0e8-5268-5f7db8e8c...@uni-muenster.de Branch ------ master Details ------- http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/ba005f193d88a8404e81db3df223cf689d64d75e Modified Files -------------- doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 35 +++++++++---- src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c | 5 +- src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h | 3 +- 4 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) -- Sent via pgsql-committers mailing list (pgsql-committers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-committers
