Re: Security question : Database access control - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Igor Georgiev
Subject Re: Security question : Database access control
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Msg-id 00e301c279e5$cb03f0e0$0b0546c0@alpha.bg
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In response to Security question : Database access control  ("Igor Georgiev" <gory@alphasoft-bg.com>)
Responses Re: Security question : Database access control  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
Re: Security question : Database access control  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: [HACKERS] Security question : Database access control  ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>)
Re: [HACKERS] Security question : Database access control  (Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>)
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> >     edit *pg_hba.conf *
> >         # Allow any user on the local system to connect to any
> >         # database under any username, but only via an IP connection:
> >         host         all         127.0.0.1     255.255.255.255    trust    
> >         # The same, over Unix-socket connections:
> >         local        all                                          trust
> what about reading pg_hba.conf comments?
>            local    all                                              md5
>
Ok, but  my question actually isn't about pg_hba.conf comments, i read enough
but what will stop root from adding this lines or doing su - postgres ??

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