Re: "trust" authentication in pg_hba.conf

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Chris Withers <chris(at)simplistix(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "trust" authentication in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2015-11-25 13:42:35
Message-ID: 20151125134234.GW3685@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Chris Withers (chris(at)simplistix(dot)co(dot)uk) wrote:
> What's the default contents of pg_hba.conf that postgres ships with?

The PG community provides both source code, which is expected to be used
by developers and is therefore wide open, and binary packages, which are
expected to be used by end users and therefore has sensible defaults for
authentication (mainly 'peer').

> I've been to it contains 'trust' for all local connections.
> Is this wise? Anyone who can get a shell on your database server can
> connect to any database as any user?

It is not wise to run with 'trust' in a non-development environment.

Thanks!

Stephen

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