Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe we should provide a backslash command in psql for secure password > entry, say, \password [username]. This would then ask for the password > through a somewhat secure, unlogged channel, encrypt it, and send an > ALTER ROLE command to the server.
Not a bad idea. It'd at least keep the cleartext password firmly on the client side. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly