Re: Is "trust" really a good default? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Is "trust" really a good default?
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Msg-id 27912.1089667643@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Is "trust" really a good default?  ("Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>)
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"Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com> writes:
> IMO, forcing su password at initdb time (allowing blank password with a
> very stern warning) and bumping localhost to auth is the right way to
> go.

This isn't happening for a number of reasons, the most obvious being
that we cannot require initdb to be run interactively.  (That stern
warning will not impress /dev/null.)
        regards, tom lane


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