> Bruce Momjian 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>.
> >
> > I am unsure if Linux has this problem but it seems most other Unix's do.
>
> Please qualify "most".
I thought SysV had an environment switch, but in researching I see it
doesn't. Seems it came from BSD, so it is probably not most.
Current SGML comment says "some platforms".
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