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BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Craig Sacco
Subject BUG #5938: PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser password in clear text
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Msg-id 201103220510.p2M5Araq040388@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      5938
Logged by:          Craig Sacco
Email address:      craig.sacco@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
Operating system:   Microsoft Windows (all variants, 32 and 64 bit)
Description:        PostgreSQL Installer outputs log file with superuser
password in clear text
Details:

The PostgreSQL installer outputs a log file to the temporary directory with
the superuser password in clear text. We are deploying PostgreSQL as part of
a commercial product and would like to ensure that the password is not
available to ordinary users.

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