Re: superuser authentication?

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
Subject: Re: superuser authentication?
Date: 2007-01-03 14:52:43
Message-ID: 4800.1167835963@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"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?

regards, tom lane

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