Re: Too easy to log in as the "postgres" user?

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Too easy to log in as the "postgres" user?
Date: 2009-10-15 10:48:02
Message-ID: 20091015104802.GA19172@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Thom Brown :
> I've noticed that if I just log in to my server, I don't su to root,
> or become the postgres user, I can get straight into the database as
> the postgres user merely with "psql -U postgres -h localhost".  My
> user account isn't a member of the postgres group.
>
> It appears I've not applied my security settings correctly.  What can
> I do to prevent access this way?  I'd still want to be able to su to
> the postgres user and log in that way, but not with the -U parameter
> allowing access.
>
> The pg_hba.conf is probably relevant here, so this is the setup:
>
> # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD
>
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> local all all trust
> # IPv4 local connections:
> host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
> # IPv6 local connections:
> host all all ::1/128 trust

Try to change trust to sameuser.

Andreas
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