Subject: Re: pgAdmin Saved Password Security
To: Michel Feinstein <michelfeinstein@gmail.com>,
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From: Ian Barwick <ian.barwick@2ndquadrant.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:11:40 +0900
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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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