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From Dimitri Maziuk
Subject Re: Can Pg somehow recognize/honor linux groups to control useraccess ?
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In response to Re: Can Pg somehow recognize/honor linux groups to control user access ?  (Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>)
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On 08/22/2018 05:17 PM, Tim Cross wrote:
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> I hope your not suggesting that multiple users use the same login
> credentials to access the database?

A database role is effectively a "shared account" with "shared password"
so I'm not sure what your point is. It's just not a "computer login"
shared account. That said, there is nothing scary about shared computer
accounts either.

It's the users that are the scary part.
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Dimitri Maziuk
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BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu
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