| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Lio Test <tressens(at)etud(dot)insa-tlse(dot)fr> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Authenticating some users and trusting others |
| Date: | 2000-08-20 11:59:35 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.21.0008201341030.487-100000@localhost.localdomain |
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Lio Test writes:
> I want to avoid that someone could authenticate as root user on my
> databases. For this, I would like to apply "trust" access mode mixed
> with auth by password for other users. In this case, someone would
> have first to gain root privileges on my Linux system to access PG as
> root.
Perhaps you are confused. There is nothing wrong with having a database
user called "root". This user does not automatically have special
privileges and is unrelated to any Unix root user.
> Is it possible to mix two auth modes ?
Not from the same host.
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