"Thomas Yackel" <yackelt@ohsu.edu> writes:
> I was quite surprised that such a small input error could cause the
> backend to shutdown.  Should psql remove [CR]s that are contained
> within ''? (at least for this command)?

I have committed changes that forbid linefeeds and tabs within passwords
and usernames.  This should be sufficient to prevent the pg_pwd parser
from becoming confused.

			regards, tom lane

Thu, 01 Nov 2001 13:37:30 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: user authentication crash by Erik Luke (20-08-2001; 1.3kb) 