The EDB Postgres Advanced Server password file must not be used.

The EDB Postgres password file can contain passwords to be used if the connection allows a password (and no password has been specified otherwise). This file contain lines of the following format: hostname:port:database:username:password It is critically important to system security that use of a password file be avoided as it stores passwords in plain text. Any user with access to these could potentially compromise the security of the database.