From: | Þórhallur Hálfdánarson <tolli(at)tol(dot)li> |
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To: | Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Scheduled jobs |
Date: | 2003-05-13 14:48:11 |
Message-ID: | 20030513144811.B31225@tol.li |
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-*- Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> [ 2003-05-13 14:42 ]:
> On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:33:25PM +0000, ??rhallur H?lfd?narson wrote:
> > The suggestion on using ident was to eliminate the need for storing
> > passwords in the first place...
>
> But how are you going to let them run scheduled jobs inside the
> postmaster if they can't be authenticated, then? You either have to
> use .pgpass, user kerberos, or use ident; nothing else is safe in the
> context you're discussing. I don't understand the problem.
I was simply pointing out some scenarios when scheduled jobs are nice. :-)
I believe you have to be authenticated to *create* jobs... and would probably run as the owner, if it gets implemented.
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Regards,
Tolli
tolli(at)tol(dot)li
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