Re: alter user - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: alter user
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Msg-id 20050923041009.GA19555@wolff.to
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In response to alter user  (Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be>)
List pgsql-admin
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 01:13:37 +0200,
  Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be> wrote:
> Ls,
>
> any user can change his own password,
> i haven't found a way of prohibiting this.
> what about a general user (eg test/test), that is used by many people,
> one of those people could use alter user (being connected as test/test) the
> change the password, leaving the rest clueless..
>
> suggestions to prevent this?, i need a general (readonly) user!

Tell people not to do this.
Use ident authentication.
Give each person their own postgres account.

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