pgsql: Clarify PGPASSWORD usage: ! authentication.

Started by Bruce Momjianover 21 years ago1 messagescomitters
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#1Bruce Momjian
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Log Message:
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Clarify PGPASSWORD usage:

! authentication. Use of this environment variable is not
! recommended for security reasons (some operating systems
! allow non-root users to see process environment variables via
! <application>ps</>); instead consider using the
! <filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).

Modified Files:
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pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
libpq.sgml (r1.179 -> r1.180)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml.diff?r1=1.179&amp;r2=1.180)