Re: [HACKERS] pgsql/php3/apache authentication

From: Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: Jim Mercer <jim(at)reptiles(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pgsql/php3/apache authentication
Date: 2000-04-28 08:05:31
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.02A.10004281003220.10804-100000@Uggla.DoCS.UU.SE
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On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Jan Wieck wrote:

> The default of "local all trust" is something I allways
> considered insecure.

No kidding.

> If we add a permissions field to the local entry, the
> postmaster can chmod() the socket file after creating it (and
> maybe drain out waiting connections that slipped in between
> after a second before accepting the first real one). The
> default hba would then read:
>
> local all trust 0770
> host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 ident sameuser

I think I like that idea.

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