| From: | Þórhallur Hálfdánarson <tolli(at)tol(dot)li> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Zlatko Michailov <zmichailov(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Scheduled jobs |
| Date: | 2003-05-13 12:40:41 |
| Message-ID: | 20030513124041.Z31225@tol.li |
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-*- Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> [ 2003-05-13 11:39 ]:
> On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 23:03:20 +0000,
> Þórhallur Hálfdánarson <tolli(at)tol(dot)li> wrote:
> >
> > The biggest advantages I see:
> > - running tasks as a specific database user without having to store passwords on the server
>
> You can do that now using ident authentication. For some OS's you can do
> this using domain sockets and don't have to run an ident server.
In most of my setups there is only a limited number of users on the system, but many other users in PostgreSQL. Creating a user on the system for every user I create in the DB and allowing him to run processes is not according to procedures I follow, and I believe that applies to more people.
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Regards,
Tolli
tolli(at)tol(dot)li
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