On 21 February 2014 13:49, firoz e v <firoz...@huawei.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Is there a way to store the password in “.pgpass” file in an encrypted > format (for example, to be used by pg_dump). > > > > Even though, there are ways to set the permissions on .pgpass, to disallow > any access to world or group, the security rules of many organizations > disallow to hold any kind of passwords, as plain text. > > > > If there is no existing way to do this, shall we take up this, as a patch? > > > > Regards, > > Firoz EV > > >
And where are you going to keep the passwords to decrypt these passwords (for example to be used by pg_dump)? regards, Szymon
