Re: superuser authentication?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "woger151" <woger151(at)jqpx37(dot)cotse(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] superuser authentication?

> "woger151" <woger151(at)jqpx37(dot)cotse(dot)net> writes:
>> What I'm not sure about is how to authenticate the postgresql superuser
>> (user 'postgres' on my system). I'm considering:
>
>> 1. Using ident (supposedly secure because of the SO_PEERCRED mechanism;
>> and
>> I've made a lot of effort to secure the server at the OS level)
>> 2. Using password (_not_ stored on disk in e.g. pgpass)
>> 3. Using reject
>
> How are you going to do backups?

Hadn't thought about that yet, though I know that periodic backups are
mandatory.

Easy to switch the authentication method back to something like password or
ident if one is doing things manually anyway, but it _would_ make it hard to
script things.

I'll have to think more about that...

>
> regards, tom lane