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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 08:14:11 -0700
From: Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
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To: Michael Shapiro <mshapiro51@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: saved passwords lost when connection fails
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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