| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Matt Sullivan <matt(at)sullivan(dot)gen(dot)nz>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Serious problem within authentication subsystem in 7.0 |
| Date: | 2000-05-24 21:50:39 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0005242347330.4541-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > But if you have different passwords between databases then you are still
> > having the same problem, only at a different scale.
>
> ... which we do not have, at the moment; there's one password per user
> per installation,
No, pg_hba.conf allows per database passwords.
> In any case, isn't psql's logic such that it will prompt again if the
> previous password doesn't work?
No, it will only prompt you for a password if it notices one is required.
If that's wrong the connection attempt fails and you can try again (to
connect). That's reasonable enough I think.
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