From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: exclusion@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #16486: Prompted password is ignored when password specified in connection string
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:36:39 -0400
Message-ID: <2090524.1591652199@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16486-b9c93d71c02c4907@postgresql.org>
References: <16486-b9c93d71c02c4907@postgresql.org>
PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> Assuming that we have the user u1 with the password p1, the following
> command:
> psql -U u1 'dbname=postgres password=p1' -W
> prompts for a password but the input password is effectively ignored.
The entire point of the -W switch is that it prompts whether or not
the password is going to be used for anything. If you don't like that,
don't use -W.
regards, tom lane
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