Re: [GENERAL] user authentication failed (#210)

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Carsten Huettl wrote:

> Data Source: PostgreSQL
> Description: PostgreSQL Test
> Database: Mydb
> Server: 192.168.10.123
> Port: 54332
> Name: postgres
> Password: postgres #this is postgres' fbsd password
> #not pgsql password
>
> What is wrong here.

First of all, you want the postgresql password, NOT the freebsd password
for the 'postgres' user.

Second of all, giving a shell account the same password as it's username
is dumb, dumb, dumb. Especially since someone could portscan you, see you
have postgresql running, and then guess the postgres account.

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