Re: Password sub-process ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Password sub-process ...
Date
Msg-id 28893.1028002638@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Password sub-process ...  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
Responses Re: Password sub-process ...  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Password sub-process ...  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Password sub-process ...  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> First and foremost in my mind ... how do you have two users in the system
> with seperate passwords?  ...
> since as soon as there are two 'bruce' users, only one can have a password

Uh, we've *never* supported "two bruce users" ... users have always been
installation-wide.  I am not sure what the notion of a database-owning
user means if user names are not of wider scope than databases.

No doubt we could redesign the system so that user names are local to a
database, and break a lot of existing setups in the process.  But what's
the value?  If you want separate usernames you can set up separate
postmasters.  If we change, and you don't want separate user names
across databases, you'll be out of luck.
        regards, tom lane


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