Re: alter user - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: alter user
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Msg-id 20050923041203.GB19555@wolff.to
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In response to Re: alter user  (Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be>)
Responses Re: alter user  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-admin
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:32:51 +0200,
  Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be> wrote:
> >
> > Otherwise, don't use a password, set the machine to use trust or ident or
> > something like that where a password wouldn't matter.
>
> although it is then a user/pasword known by a lot of people,
> it is still beter than no password

Why do you say that? Ident authentication is secure if you are on the same
box as the postgers server.

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