On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:31:28 -0500,
Bob Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everyone;
>
> My systems admin says that he needs to have use of the Postgres user
> without a password. His Debian package manager requires this.
>
> He tells me that he can lock down that user on the system so that there
> are no security concerns.
>
> Can someone tell me if this is acceptable?
If they will be connecting to postgres using domain sockets then you can
use ident authentication to limit them to the appropiate postgres accounts
based on their system account.
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