Re: [BUGS] BUG #14570: Validation error - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUGS] BUG #14570: Validation error
Date
Msg-id 23096.1488207495@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to [BUGS] BUG #14570: Validation error  (adrian.mondaca13@gmail.com)
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adrian.mondaca13@gmail.com writes:
> Along with greeting, possible errors in postgres,
> This happens when the password created when starting the installation is
> validated, since once installed,
> Start the server and enter the validated password, but if you enter an
> incorrect password, it will be validated.
> Register an 8-character key and enter a key with fewer or different
> characters, they are validated in the same way.

There are many situations where the server wouldn't be checking a password
at all, for example if you have "trust" or "peer" authentication specified
in pg_hba.conf, or if you have a ~/.pgpass file set up to supply the
password.  I suspect your problem is along that line.

            regards, tom lane


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