On Monday 12 July 2004 17:10, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> IMO, forcing su password at initdb time (allowing blank password with a
> very stern warning) and bumping localhost to auth is the right way to
> go. As far as RPM's, etc. I don't think RPM considerations should be
> driving security concerns.
FWIW, the RPMs default to ident authentication, and trust is off. This is
however done as a patch to the sample pg_hba.conf. A command line switch to
initdb to mung up an ident default would be fine with me, though.
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Lamar Owen
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