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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2004-06-24 19:26:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2004-06-24 19:26:59 +0000 |
| commit | 1b80b6da6a9bdf61199a9c7b58c12e9d68a4c9db (patch) | |
| tree | a21ec22d08967ecb95fb0a1c49ddee4b9915f071 /doc/src | |
| parent | a061a3f62f540d8bc5ad53a63880186810d14d09 (diff) | |
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Add --pwfile option to initdb, so that passwords can be set by GUI tools
that aren't able to feed the password to initdb's /dev/tty.
Magnus Hagander
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 8 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml index 189a4279778..7cd0e699a98 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml,v 1.29 2004/03/23 02:47:35 neilc Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml,v 1.30 2004/06/24 19:26:54 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--pwfile=<replaceable>filename</></option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Makes <command>initdb</command> read the database superuser's password + from a file. The first line of the file is taken as the password. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 59d59a5e6f0..ae312e01c37 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.266 2004/06/10 22:26:17 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.267 2004/06/24 19:26:55 tgl Exp $ --> <Chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ postgres$ <userinput>initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</userinput> However, while the directory contents are secure, the default client authentication setup allows any local user to connect to the database and even become the database superuser. If you do not - trust other local users, we recommend you use - <command>initdb</command>'s <option>-W</option> or - <option>--pwprompt</option> option to assign a password to the + trust other local users, we recommend you use one of + <command>initdb</command>'s <option>-W</option>, <option>--pwprompt</option> + or <option>--pwfile</option> option to assign a password to the database superuser.<indexterm><primary>password</><secondary>of the superuser</></indexterm> After <command>initdb</command>, modify the <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename> file to use <literal>md5</> or |