Re: rolcanlogin vs. the flat password file - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: rolcanlogin vs. the flat password file
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Msg-id 471633B5.3090301@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: rolcanlogin vs. the flat password file  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: rolcanlogin vs. the flat password file
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Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
>> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>>> There's legitimate use for creating a role with NOLOGIN and a password.
>> If we think that, then we shouldn't have a message at all.
> 
> I'm not sure I agree with that.  I don't agree that there's really a
> legitimate use for creating a role w/ NOLOGIN and a password either, for
> that matter. 

Preparing a new user account prior to an employee starting? In my last
post we would do that regularly - setup all the accounts etc for the new
user, but disable them all until the start date.

/D


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