Re: [HACKERS] Re: New pg_pwd patch and stuff

From: Peter T Mount <psqlhack(at)maidast(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: New pg_pwd patch and stuff
Date: 1998-01-12 23:10:07
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.95.980112230810.27297A-100000@maidast
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Yes, I agree we should be able to restrict who gets into which
> databases. It is on the TODO list.
>
> * More access control over who can create tables and access the database
>
> The reason it doesn't get complained about more is that many commercial
> databases have similar lack of funciontality.

Although not perfect, we can do this now by using different password files
for each database, and having an entry for each database in pg_hba.conf

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