I would like to have something like ssh-askpass for libpq. The main reason is that I don't want to have passwords in plain text on disk, even if .pgpass is read protected. By getting the password from an external program, I can integrate libpq tools with the host system's key chain or wallet thing, which stores passwords encrypted.
I'm thinking about adding a new connection option "askpass" with environment variable PGASKPASS. One thing I haven't quite figured out is how to make this ask for passwords only if needed. Maybe it needs two connection options, one to say which program to use and one to say whether to use it. Ideas? -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
