Does anyone have a comment on this? I wrote it a month ago.
> > Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> writes:
> > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> > >> Why does it ask 4 times?
> >
> > > createlang is just a script - it basically runs "/path/to/psql $QUERY" -
> > > each query connects a separate time.
> >
> > Note that running a setup that requires password auth for the DBA will
> > also be a major pain in the rear when running pg_dumpall: one password
> > prompt per database, IIRC. We have other scripts that make more than
> > one database connection, too.
>
> This brings up an issue I am concerned about. Right now, when we
> install the database with initdb, we basically are wide-opened to any
> local user who wants to connect to the database as superuser. In fact,
> someone could easily install a function in template1 that bypasses
> database security so even after you put a password on the superuser and
> others, they could bypass security.
>
> Do people have a good solution for this problem? Should be be
> installing a password for the super-user at initdb time? I see initdb
> has this option:
>
> --pwprompt
>
> -W Makes initdb prompt for a password of the database
> superuser. If you don't plan on using password
> authentication, this is not important. Otherwise
> you won't be able to use password authentication
> until you have a password set up.
>
> Do people know they should be using this initdb option if they don't
> trust their local users? I see no mention of it in the INSTALL file.
>
> I see it does:
>
> # set up password
> if [ "$PwPrompt" ]; then
> $ECHO_N "Enter new superuser password: "$ECHO_C
> stty -echo > /dev/null 2>&1
> read FirstPw
> stty echo > /dev/null 2>&1
> echo
> $ECHO_N "Enter it again: "$ECHO_C
> stty -echo > /dev/null 2>&1
> read SecondPw
> stty echo > /dev/null 2>&1
> echo
> if [ "$FirstPw" != "$SecondPw" ]; then
> echo "Passwords didn't match." 1>&2
> exit_nicely
> fi
> echo "ALTER USER \"$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME\" WITH PASSWORD '$FirstPw'" \
> | "$PGPATH"/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
> if [ ! -f $PGDATA/global/pg_pwd ]; then
> echo "The password file wasn't generated. Please report this problem." 1>&2
> exit_nicely
> fi
>
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