Re: Login box bug

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Joel Krajden" <joelk(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca>
Cc: <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Login box bug
Date: 2004-11-23 19:59:01
Message-ID: E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E43072F8@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Krajden [mailto:joelk(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca]
> Sent: 23 November 2004 14:07
> To: Dave Page
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Login box bug
>
> When I log in via psql template1 postgres pg_hba.conf works
> fine. How does pgadmin know the location of pg_hba.conf to use.

It doesn't - that's the whole point. The adherence to the correct
pg_hba.conf is controlled entirely by the server. If it were possible to
bypass it from a client then any hacker could easily bypass any access
controls - this is certainly not the case.

Regards. Dave.

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