why am i able to access my db with username and ANY password?

From: "Thomas T(dot) Thai" <tom(at)minnesota(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: why am i able to access my db with username and ANY password?
Date: 2001-01-21 04:21:23
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.4.21.0101202220050.26022-100000@ns01.minnesota.com
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i tried accessing my db with a known username in pgsql's access, but any
password works. this is even with the password assigned when the user was
created.

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