Re: Update actions (with user name) inside PostgreSQL DB - any version on postgreSQL

From: Walter Hurry <walterhurry(at)lavabit(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Update actions (with user name) inside PostgreSQL DB - any version on postgreSQL
Date: 2012-03-14 21:15:08
Message-ID: jjr1os$dkf$1@dough.gmane.org
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:24:36 +0200, Khangelani Gama wrote:

> thanks, the issue we have is that we have many Linux users having root
> access into the system. So they're able to access the DB by just going
> in as "su - superusername". If this user is able to make any updates
> inside the database it might create problems. Auditors wants PostgreSQL
> to tell who updated what inside the database besides client users that
> access the database from outside using some applications. So this common
> "superusername" doesn't tell the actual person who got into the system
> and went onto make updates inside the database because they first logged
> as their linux users before as going in as postgres user called
> "superusername".

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