Theodore Petrosky <tedpet5(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> recently I was playing around with psql and tried to
> log onto a postgresql server so I tried...
> psql -h 10.0.1.233 dbname
> and to my suprise, i was in and able to issue
> commands. what is 'bothering' me is that I was not
> asked for a password.
So what have you got in pg_hba.conf? Evidently you've selected an
authentication method that's not password-based.
regards, tom lane