Re: Directory/File Access Permissions for COPY and Generic File Access Functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: Directory/File Access Permissions for COPY and Generic File Access Functions
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Msg-id 545142D6.7@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Re: Directory/File Access Permissions for COPY and Generic File Access Functions  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Directory/File Access Permissions for COPY and Generic File Access Functions
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On 10/29/14, 2:33 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Capture the postmaster log.  Keep on capturing it till somebody
> fat-fingers their login to the extent of swapping the username and
> password (yeah, I've done that, haven't you?).

Which begs the question: why on earth do we log passwords at all? This is a problem for ALTER ROLE too.

Perhaps it would make sense if we had a dedicated security log this stuff went into, but if you're running something
likepgBadger/pgFouine you're going to be copying logfiles off somewhere else and now you've got a security problem.
 

Let alone if you're using syslog...
-- 
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com



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