On 2010-05-11, Chana Slutzkin <chana(at)cs(dot)huji(dot)ac(dot)il> wrote:
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> The following bug has been logged online:
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> Bug reference: 5457
> Logged by: Chana Slutzkin
> Email address: chana(at)cs(dot)huji(dot)ac(dot)il
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4
> Operating system: FreeBSD 7.2
> Description: dblink_connect now restricts non-superusers to password
> Details:
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> dblink in version 8.4 forces a non-superuser to connect using a password.
> I would prefer to use ident.
dblink runs on the back-end under the postgres user account.
identd (or postgres, or anoyone else who looks) is going to see
the user as postgres.