"trust" authentication in pg_hba.conf

From: Chris Withers <chris(at)simplistix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: "trust" authentication in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2015-11-24 21:33:43
Message-ID: 5654D7B7.8070707@simplistix.co.uk
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Hi All,

What's the default contents of pg_hba.conf that postgres ships with?

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?

cheers,

Chris

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