On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:28:36PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Joshua Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think something like: > > > psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "root" > > HINT: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/client-authentication.html > > > Would be nice. > > Do you really think that's helpful in the typical case where someone > fat-fingered their password?
Possibly not. > I'm not averse to hint messages that are actually helpful, ie, > reasonably connected to the *specific* failure situation. The > problem I've got with David's proposal is that it provides a > one-size-fits-all hint for every possible auth failure. One size > does not fit all here. I'd be delighted to make more different sizes. > Or to put it even more baldly: this is not an area in which you can > improve matters significantly with five minutes' thought and a > one-line patch. It would take some actual work. It's work that hasn't yet been done, and thanks for your input on the first versions :) Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
