I've noticed that if I just log in to my server, I don't su to root,
or become the postgres user, I can get straight into the database as
the postgres user merely with "psql -U postgres -h localhost". My
user account isn't a member of the postgres group.
It appears I've not applied my security settings correctly. What can
I do to prevent access this way? I'd still want to be able to su to
the postgres user and log in that way, but not with the -U parameter
allowing access.
The pg_hba.conf is probably relevant here, so this is the setup:
# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host all all ::1/128 trust
Thanks
Thom Brown
Crawley, UK
