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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml index 7ebd8014f29..641c4ef377c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml,v 1.2 2005/07/31 17:19:17 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_role.sgml,v 1.3 2005/12/18 02:17:16 petere Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ ALTER ROLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> RESET <replaceable> </para> <para> + Caution must be exercised when specifying an unencrypted password + with this command. The password will be transmitted to the server + in cleartext, and it might also be logged in the client's command + history or the server log. <xref linkend="app-psql" + endterm="app-psql-title"> contains a command + <command>\password</command> that can be used to safely change a + role's password. + </para> + + <para> It is also possible to tie a session default to a specific database rather than to a role; see <xref linkend="sql-alterdatabase" endterm="sql-alterdatabase-title">. |