| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Chris Albertson <calbertson(at)logicon(dot)com> |
| Cc: | R D <mrk279(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: few more securiry questions :-) |
| Date: | 2000-06-02 00:37:17 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0006020228100.372-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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Chris Albertson writes:
> > > 2.Why the authentication system is not integrated in
> > > the system databases of pgSQL,like in MySQL for
> > > example?
> >
> > Because there's a bootstrapping problem: You would have to connect to the
> > database to change the authentication settings, but in order to connect
> > you have to be authenticated.
>
> That's not to hard to fix. You just have initdb create system catalogs
> with a the required settings.
But when you accidentally hose things up then you have no way to get in a
repair things. It also looks like a race condition waiting to happen.
--
Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115
peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
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