[GENERAL] Local authentication/security

2007-08-23 Thread Lange Marcus
Hello, I would like to be able to restrict the access to a database so that only a specific program running on the same machine can access it, is this possible ? So I would like to have some kind of secure authentication(or something) between the database and the program, and the user running the

Re: [GENERAL] Local authentication/security

2007-08-23 Thread Lange Marcus
Huxton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 23 augusti 2007 16:02 To: Lange Marcus; PG-General Mailing List Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Local authentication/security Lange Marcus wrote: > Hi, > > I guess the answer to the 2 questions would be, yes the user will > probably have physical a

Re: [GENERAL] Local authentication/security

2007-08-24 Thread Lange Marcus
> > Is there a way to assure that the database does not get > stored on disk > > ? If my program, everytime it starts, would create or build up the > > database could this database be kept in RAM ? Or does postgres > > automatically create a database file or something ? Do you > understand >

Re: [GENERAL] Local authentication/security

2007-08-27 Thread Lange Marcus
> > Lange Marcus wrote: > >> Not that it matters in your case. The password might as well be > >> "password" - if they get access to the files/application, > it's game > >> over. > > > > What about having some of the columns