Re: [HACKERS] access control - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: [HACKERS] access control
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.3.96.980112232013.259h-100000@thelab.hub.org
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In response to access control  (De Clarke <de@ucolick.org>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] access control  (De Clarke <de@ucolick.org>)
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, De Clarke wrote:

> I have never liked tying access to external OS usernames.
> Maybe it's just a personal idiosyncrasy :-) I'd jump for joy
> if PG access control became OS-independent, with usernames,
> groups, and passcodes maintained internally to the engine...
> just my $0.02.

    Ummmm...this was added in for v6.3 for over a month now :)

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org


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