Re: postgresql 8.3 logging user passwords in clear text

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Excerpts from Keith Pinnix's message of lun ago 23 19:47:53 -0400 2010:
> All:
> 
> I have a postgresql instance and I have noticed that it is logging the user 
> passwords in clear text in the postgresql.log.   Is this configurable so that it 
> retains the user info and commands but does not log the password?

In what context?  If you're doing ALTER ROLE / PASSWORD with the
password in clear text, then that's obviously going to show up in the
log.  The solution is to encrypt them client-side; for example use
\password in psql to change passwords, which does that automatically.

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