Re: Re: few more securiry questions :-) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Chris Albertson
Subject Re: Re: few more securiry questions :-)
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Msg-id 393586F1.B53BA326@logicon.com
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In response to Re: few more securiry questions :-)  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Re: few more securiry questions :-)  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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> > 2.Why the authentication system is not integrated in
> > the system databases of pgSQL,like in MySQL for
> > example?
>
> Because there's a bootstrapping problem: You would have to connect to the
> database to change the authentication settings, but in order to connect
> you have to be authenticated.

That's not to hard to fix.  You just have initdb create system catalogs
with a the required settings.


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