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* 34.16. The Password File error re windows pgpass.conf location
@ 2022-08-08 19:03 PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
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From: PG Doc comments form @ 2022-08-08 19:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; +Cc: coleman.rik@gmail.com
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/libpq-pgpass.html
Description:
On this page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html
It incorrectly states:
%APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf
In reality this files needs to be placed here on a Windows system:
%APPDATA%\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf
^^^^^^^^
Thanks,
rik
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* Re: 34.16. The Password File error re windows pgpass.conf location
@ 2022-08-08 21:45 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
parent: PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2022-08-08 21:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: coleman.rik@gmail.com; +Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> On this page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html
> It incorrectly states:
> %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> In reality this files needs to be placed here on a Windows system:
> %APPDATA%\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> ^^^^^^^^
Hmm ... that text has been like that since 2005, and you're the first
to report it's wrong. I suspect it's not wrong for the majority of
users, and instead there's something odd about your configuration.
I don't know enough about Windows to guess at exactly what.
regards, tom lane
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* Re: 34.16. The Password File error re windows pgpass.conf location
@ 2022-08-09 03:36 Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>
parent: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Julien Rouhaud @ 2022-08-09 03:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; +Cc: coleman.rik@gmail.com; pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Hi,
On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 05:45:38PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> > On this page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html
> > It incorrectly states:
> > %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> > In reality this files needs to be placed here on a Windows system:
> > %APPDATA%\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> > ^^^^^^^^
>
> Hmm ... that text has been like that since 2005, and you're the first
> to report it's wrong. I suspect it's not wrong for the majority of
> users, and instead there's something odd about your configuration.
> I don't know enough about Windows to guess at exactly what.
The code uses "CSIDL_APPDATA" for the root directory containing
postgresql/pgpass.conf. According to
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/usmt/usmt-recognized-environment-variables,
it's the same as APPDATA, and the "Roaming" part should be part of it:
> CSIDL_APPDATA
> The file-system directory that serves as a common repository for
> application-specific data. A typical path is C:\Documents and
> Settings\username\Application Data or C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming.
So it doesn't look like anything changed there recently, and maybe the OP did
some unusual configuration there.
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