Re: psql: default base and password reading - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: psql: default base and password reading
Date
Msg-id 200110151641.f9FGf6G02786@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: psql: default base and password reading  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-patches
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Have you seen my later version that reads from stdin/stderr if /dev/tty
> > doesn't open.  How is that?
>
> Might as well use getpass() if available.  My man page says "A getpass
> function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.", so it should be available on
> most systems.
>
> However, I'm afraid many users have set up their systems to read the
> password from stdin, so that should probably stay the default unless we
> take a user poll.

OK, seeing only positive reports, I have committed the patch to
display/prompt from /dev/tty and fall back to stdin/stderr.

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