Document that PGPASSWORD is not secure.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
index bbfb106068b5054c745bfb5f1f294df2a0629db3..3394953d0d79d38d99504093211d0fc4fb8cd504 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
  
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.35 2001/11/21 05:53:
       
        
    PGPASSWORD
-   sets the password used if the backend demands password authentication.
+   sets the password used if the backend demands password
+   authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
+   be read by others using ps -e.
        
       
       

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 8629aa6e558bdb74b953d3b6fb077a29c13609e9..92d6c13189b74dde10c998fc79fceb157b7922a2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
  
@@ -2013,7 +2013,9 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database and for authentication.
  PGPASSWORD
 
 PGPASSWORD
-sets the password used if the backend demands password authentication.
+sets the password used if the backend demands password
+authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
+be read by others using ps -e.