Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Log Message:
>>> -----------
>>> Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check pgpass
>>> file permissions on Windows.
>>>
>> +On Microsoft Windows, the file is stored in a directory that is secure by
>> +default, so no special permissions check is made.
>>
>>
>>
>> I doubt this is true if PGPASSFILE is set.
>
> I thought it would be in the user's Application Data directory, or are
> you saying they might put it somewhere else?
>

PGPASSFILE takes a full path name, so you can put the file anywhere you
want. Just like on Unix.

//Magnus