Hi,

After following the postgresql tutorial for setting up a postgresql server [1] I noticed that I could log in without entering my password. The documentation did not tell me this (maybe I overlooked it), eventhough it does show you how to create roles with passwords. In my opinion it would be a good idea to include a warning like "the default installation trusts everybody that can make a connection to the database" because it could lead to some (problematic) confusions.

I didn't check extensively in the docs to see if there actually was such a warning, particularly because I felt that if there was, it was probably not prominent enough (or I would have noticed). Sorry if there was indeed a big warning splattered over the tutorial somewhere.

Greetings,
bb

[1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/installation.html

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