Re: Requiring a password

From: "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Ralph Smith" <smithrn(at)washington(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Requiring a password
Date: 2008-03-05 19:14:19
Message-ID: b35603930803051114tdd4d4dbx5819e140b24cd8fa@mail.gmail.com
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On 06/03/2008, Ralph Smith <smithrn(at)washington(dot)edu> wrote:
> I guess I'm missing something.
>
> Question part A)
>
> Even after reloading and restarting the DB, which shouldn't be necessary,
> smithrn still gets in w/o any password checks.
> How come?
Impossible to answer w/o knowing any entries in your pg_hba.conf

> Question part B)
>
> I have SSL on, and all the client boxes also have it.
> If I change HBA, how will / would I change my login?
> As it is now, a particular user connects to a particular DB w/o any password
> prompt.
> e.g.: psql -U username dbname
To the best of my knowledge the authentication shouldn't
be affected by the transport ...

> Thank you!
>
>
> Ralph Smith
Cheers,
Andrej

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