On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:26 PM, David Gauthier <davegauthie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi: > > I'd like to grant select, insert, update, delete to a table for a specific > set of uids (linux). All others get select only. Can the DB authenticate > the current linux user and grant access based on the fact that they are > logged in ()IOW, no passwords ? Is this possible ? If so, how ? > > see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/auth-methods.html#AUTH-PEER Note it authenticates by the name, not the numeric value. If that doesn't cover your need the answer to your question is probably no. David J.