From: Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
To: Michael Shapiro <mshapiro51@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: saved passwords lost when connection fails
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 08:14:11 -0700
Message-ID: <4FC4E7C3.8060703@pinpointresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGCvxeZywAqvF-4yASfseUEWTYkEXdKHdNTrmiMEkBfu5oeAvw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGCvxeZywAqvF-4yASfseUEWTYkEXdKHdNTrmiMEkBfu5oeAvw@mail.gmail.com>
On 05/26/2012 12:38 PM, Michael Shapiro wrote:
> PgAdmin doesn't retain the saved passwords when a connection to a
> server fails.
>
> I'd like to request that the saved passwords be kept, even in the
> event of a failure.
>
> I realize that if the failure is due to an incorrect password, there
> needs to be a way to enter a new one, but if the password is correct
> and the server is not running, the password should not be removed.
>
>
That request should be directed to PgAdmin (http://www.pgadmin.org/) - a
project related-to but separate-from PostgreSQL. It is likely that a
request like this will raise a host of security problems.
Cheers,
Steve
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