Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
>> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>> It would break insofar that it wouldn't work. the pgpass file. It will
>>> of course not break *windows*, but people will consider PostgreSQL broken.
>>>
>> Please explain why it won't work. *Existing* pgpass files would need to
>> be secured, but that could be handled with documentation and suitable
>> checks and hints in pgAdmin/libpq. New pgpass files created by pgAdmin
>> (or other apps) would simply need to be secured by those apps at
>> creation time.
>
> Files created using notepad (or whatever) will not work. Unless you
> manually fiddle around with the permissions.

If you are savvy enough to read the docs, un-hide the directory, and
manually create the file in the correct format, surely you can also run
cacls on it? We expect *nix users to run chmod on theirs after all.

I don't see this as such a big issue.

Regards, Dave.