-
+
any access to world or group; achieve this by the command
chmod 0600 ~/.pgpass.
If the permissions are less strict than this, the file will be ignored.
-On Microsoft Windows, the file is stored in a directory that is secure by
-default, so no special permissions check is made.
+On Microsoft Windows, it is assumed that the file is stored in a directory
+that is secure, so no special permissions check is made.