From: Ian Barwick <ian.barwick@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Michel Feinstein <michelfeinstein@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pgAdmin Saved Password Security
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:11:40 +0900
Message-ID: <140b2d06-32a2-4a1d-5ca0-d3c685db03cf@2ndquadrant.com> (raw)
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Hi
On 4/14/19 12:38 PM, Michel Feinstein wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to pgAdmin and PostgreSQL. I am configuring a new server connection and I can see there's an option to save my server's password.
>
> How secure is this option? Does it save my password as plaintext or does it save inside Windows protection or other form of encryption?
This is the "pgsql-admin" mailing list, which despite the name's similarity to
"pgadmin" is intended for general questions related to administration of PostgreSQL
itself.
You'll have a better chance of a response on the pgadmin mailing list; see:
https://www.pgadmin.org/support/list/
Regards
Ian Barwick
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