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Clarify PGPASSWORD usage:

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! 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">).
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Bruce Momjian 2005-02-26 18:39:04 +00:00
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.179 2005/02/26 14:21:40 momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.180 2005/02/26 18:39:04 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@ -3691,9 +3691,11 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database.
</indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the server demands password
authentication. This environment variable is not recommended for security
reasons; instead consider using the <filename>~/.pgpass</>
file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
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">).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>