Re: Security choices... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Jeff MacDonald |
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Subject | Re: Security choices... |
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Msg-id | Pine.BSF.4.21.0008152344291.594-100000@rage.hub.org Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Security choices... (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>) |
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Re: Security choices...
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List | pgsql-hackers |
only those that 1 : are named after cartoon dogs2 : they are named after software developers who tend to stay alone.. rofl.. course , i didn't say "my employees" i said employees.. :) jeff On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > where is the hole? don't you trust your employees? *raised eyebrows* > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Jeff MacDonald wrote: > > > this kinda has a hole in it also.. our database server only has about 5 > > uesrs on it , all are employee acounts, not clients. > > > > jeff > > > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Philip Warner wrote: > > > > > At 18:34 4/08/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > >[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > > >> Philip Warner writes: > > > >> > > > >> > Is there any reason that a security model does not exist for psql that > > > >> > allows Unix user 'fred' to log in as PG user 'fred' with no password etc, > > > >> > but any user trying to log on as someone other than themselves has to > > > >> > provide a password? > > > >> > > > >> Short of someone sitting down and making it happen I don't see any. You'd > > > >> only need to implement some sort of fall-through in `pg_hba.conf', which > > > >> in my estimate can't be exceedingly hard. > > > > > > > >How do you know Fred is Fred without a password? > > > > > > > > > > The idea was to apply only on the matchine on which the postmaster runs; > > > then ideally you get the username of the client process. It's kind of like > > > IDENT, except it works only for local connections, and asks for passwords > > > for non-local connections. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Philip Warner | __---_____ > > > Albatross Consulting Pty. Ltd. |----/ - \ > > > (A.C.N. 008 659 498) | /(@) ______---_ > > > Tel: (+61) 0500 83 82 81 | _________ \ > > > Fax: (+61) 0500 83 82 82 | ___________ | > > > Http://www.rhyme.com.au | / \| > > > | --________-- > > > PGP key available upon request, | / > > > and from pgp5.ai.mit.edu:11371 |/ > > > > > > > Jeff MacDonald, > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > PostgreSQL Inc | Hub.Org Networking Services > > jeff@pgsql.com | jeff@hub.org > > www.pgsql.com | www.hub.org > > 1-902-542-0713 | 1-902-542-3657 > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Fascimile : 1 902 542 5386 > > IRC Nick : bignose > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > Jeff MacDonald, ----------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL Inc | Hub.Org Networking Services jeff@pgsql.com | jeff@hub.org www.pgsql.com | www.hub.org 1-902-542-0713 | 1-902-542-3657 ----------------------------------------------------- Fascimile : 1 902 542 5386 IRC Nick : bignose
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