Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, new text is:
>
> <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
> sets the password used if the backend demands password
> authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
> be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.
Just a nit--the 'e' option is for Berkeley-style ps (/usr/ucb/ps on
Solaris). SysV ps doesn't have an equivalent from what I can see,
(though I may have missed it) and '-e' does something totally
different.
> I am unsure if Linux has this problem but it seems most other Unix's do.
Modern versions (of Linux) don't seem to--you can see the env for your
processes but not for others'.
-Doug
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