Dennis Bjorklund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>> It was suggested to me off-list that libpq should do
>> "fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)" on the socket connecting to the server.
>> This would prevent any child program from accidentally or maliciously
>> interfering with the connection.
> Either way that the lib sets it, the client can alter the setting itself
> by issuing a new SETFD command.
That's a fair point, and certainly passing it down to the child
intentionally wouldn't be a common case. I'll put the change in.
regards, tom lane
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