From 1b80b6da6a9bdf61199a9c7b58c12e9d68a4c9db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:26:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml | 12 ++++++- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 8 ++--- src/bin/initdb/initdb.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml index 189a427977..7cd0e699a9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation + + + + + + Makes initdb read the database superuser's password + from a file. The first line of the file is taken as the password. + + + diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 59d59a5e6f..ae312e01c3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ postgres$ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data 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 - initdb's or - option to assign a password to the + trust other local users, we recommend you use one of + initdb's , + or option to assign a password to the database superuser.passwordof the superuser After initdb, modify the pg_hba.conf file to use md5 or diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c index ab49c02bb2..11bc08ed97 100644 --- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c +++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * Portions taken from FreeBSD. * - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.39 2004/06/21 01:04:44 momjian Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.40 2004/06/24 19:26:59 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ char *lc_time = ""; char *lc_messages = ""; char *username = ""; bool pwprompt = false; +char *pwfilename = NULL; bool debug = false; bool noclean = false; bool show_setting = false; @@ -1076,15 +1077,55 @@ get_set_pwd(void) char pwdpath[MAXPGPATH]; struct stat statbuf; - pwd1 = simple_prompt("Enter new superuser password: ", 100, false); - pwd2 = simple_prompt("Enter it again: ", 100, false); - if (strcmp(pwd1, pwd2) != 0) + if (pwprompt) { - fprintf(stderr, _("Passwords didn't match.\n")); - exit_nicely(); + /* + * Read password from terminal + */ + pwd1 = simple_prompt("Enter new superuser password: ", 100, false); + pwd2 = simple_prompt("Enter it again: ", 100, false); + if (strcmp(pwd1, pwd2) != 0) + { + fprintf(stderr, _("Passwords didn't match.\n")); + exit_nicely(); + } + free(pwd2); } - free(pwd2); + else + { + /* + * Read password from file + * + * Ideally this should insist that the file not be world-readable. + * However, this option is mainly intended for use on Windows where + * file permissions may not exist at all, so we'll skip the paranoia + * for now. + */ + FILE *pwf = fopen(pwfilename,"r"); + char pwdbuf[MAXPGPATH]; + int i; + if (!pwf) + { + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not open file \"%s\" for reading: %s\n"), + progname, pwfilename, strerror(errno)); + exit_nicely(); + } + if (!fgets(pwdbuf, sizeof(pwdbuf), pwf)) + { + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not read password from file \"%s\": %s\n"), + progname, pwfilename, strerror(errno)); + exit_nicely(); + } + fclose(pwf); + + i = strlen(pwdbuf); + while (i > 0 && (pwdbuf[i-1] == '\r' || pwdbuf[i-1] == '\n')) + pwdbuf[--i] = '\0'; + + pwd1 = xstrdup(pwdbuf); + + } printf(_("setting password ... ")); fflush(stdout); @@ -1737,6 +1778,7 @@ usage(const char *progname) printf(_(" --no-locale equivalent to --locale=C\n")); printf(_(" -U, --username=NAME database superuser name\n")); printf(_(" -W, --pwprompt prompt for a password for the new superuser\n")); + printf(_(" --pwfile=filename read password for the new superuser from file\n")); printf(_(" -?, --help show this help, then exit\n")); printf(_(" -V, --version output version information, then exit\n")); printf(_("\nLess commonly used options:\n")); @@ -1768,6 +1810,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {"lc-messages", required_argument, NULL, 7}, {"no-locale", no_argument, NULL, 8}, {"pwprompt", no_argument, NULL, 'W'}, + {"pwfile", required_argument, NULL, 9}, {"username", required_argument, NULL, 'U'}, {"help", no_argument, NULL, '?'}, {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'}, @@ -1857,6 +1900,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) case 8: locale = "C"; break; + case 9: + pwfilename = xstrdup(optarg); + break; case 's': show_setting = true; break; @@ -1882,6 +1928,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) progname); } + if (pwprompt && pwfilename) + { + fprintf(stderr, _("%s: you cannot specify both password prompt and password file\n"), progname); + exit(1); + } + if (strlen(pg_data) == 0) { pgdenv = getenv("PGDATA"); @@ -2147,7 +2199,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) /* Create the stuff we don't need to use bootstrap mode for */ setup_shadow(); - if (pwprompt) + if (pwprompt || pwfilename) get_set_pwd(); unlimit_systables(); -- 2.40.0