| From: | Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Password requirement in windows installer |
| Date: | 2007-08-31 15:39:19 |
| Message-ID: | 20070831153918.GV38801@decibel.org |
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:02:49AM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> Decibel! wrote:
> > Why does the windows installer require a password for the superuser
> > account, since it's perfectly legitimate not to have a password on that
> > account? I could see perhaps producing a warning, but making this a hard
> > requirement seems like overkill.
>
> Security out of the box. There are few, if any good reasons not to have
> a password on the account, and if you really want to remove it, you can
> do so in psql or pgAdmin.
Is there something insecure about using ident sameuser for localhost
authentication on Windows?
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Decibel!, aka Jim Nasby decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
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