Re: Trouble setting up access privileges

From: mkrist(at)binf(dot)ku(dot)dk
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Trouble setting up access privileges
Date: 2008-09-15 17:41:37
Message-ID: 20080915174137.GB16666@optiplex36
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 01:08:08PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
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> forgot to SIGHUP the postmaster, (4) you have a ~/.pgpass file on
> the client side that is silently supplying a password in some of
> these cases.

It seems the user had this ~/.pgpass file and that this was the reason. Thanks
for pointing out the possibility.

Why isn't this ~/.pgpass file documented in
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html ?

Again, thank you, I appreciate it.

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Michael Kristensen <mkrist(at)binf(dot)ku(dot)dk>
IT-studentermedhj?lper / Sysadm student aid
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