Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 2316.1182146291@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL  ("Magnus Hagander" <magnus@hagander.net>)
Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL  (Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim@CommandPrompt.com>)
Re: Bugtraq: Having Fun With PostgreSQL  (Jim Nasby <decibel@decibel.org>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>> That won't help; that would introduce the "embarrassment" of having a
>> known default password.

> No it wouldn't unless the packagers set it up to do that. My point is 
> that when a packager (or source) runs initdb, it would prompt for the 
> postgres user password.

Practically every existing packaging of PG tries to run initdb as a
hidden, behind-the-scenes, definitely not-interactive procedure.
        regards, tom lane


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