Re: Disable TRUST authentication mode

From: c k <shreeseva(dot)learning(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jan Lentfer <Jan(dot)Lentfer(at)web(dot)de>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Disable TRUST authentication mode
Date: 2012-03-10 15:15:38
Message-ID: CAN2Y=uN4i2GUs3F2tAj0cym2JAZVWL-v-bnjDA+QkvDRa540rQ@mail.gmail.com
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I am not managing the customer database. The problem is related with the IT
department of the customer who has the access to the database server and
the fraud persons from this department can chnage the authentication to
trust to get the access to database without knowing the passwords and even
to superuser accounts.

C P Kulkarni

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Jan Lentfer <Jan(dot)Lentfer(at)web(dot)de> wrote:

> Am 10.03.2012 16:00, schrieb c k:
>
>
> Can we disable the trust authentication mode?
>>
>
> [...]
>
>
> What steps we can take to prevent such access or to disable the TRUST
>> mode completely?
>>
>
> Sorry, maybe I do not entirely understand what you mean, but just >don't
> use< trust in you pg_hba.conf?
>
> Jan
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