Re: Can Pg somehow recognize/honor linux groups to control user access ?

From: Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk(at)bmrb(dot)wisc(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can Pg somehow recognize/honor linux groups to control user access ?
Date: 2018-08-22 22:31:04
Message-ID: c5f15af3-5700-451e-9dee-d4dfa2fa88fb@bmrb.wisc.edu
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On 08/22/2018 05:17 PM, Tim Cross wrote:
>
> I hope your not suggesting that multiple users use the same login
> credentials to access the database?

A database role is effectively a "shared account" with "shared password"
so I'm not sure what your point is. It's just not a "computer login"
shared account. That said, there is nothing scary about shared computer
accounts either.

It's the users that are the scary part.
--
Dimitri Maziuk
Programmer/sysadmin
BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu

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