On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 02:17:23PM -0800, Theodore Petrosky wrote: > and to my suprise, i was in and able to issue > commands. what is 'bothering' me is that I was not > asked for a password. in defence of the system, I was > on a mac os x box logged in as 'postgres' so my > current name was postgres. > > is this correct behaviour? I was expecting to be > challenged.
Documentation is your friend, Ted. You need to read the pg_hba.conf file in your PG_DATA directory, and the documentation which came with the postgres distribution. Additionally, this really isn't a question for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex J. Avriette, Unix Systems Gladiator The Emperor Wears No Clothes. http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html