Re: [GENERAL] making another super user other than postgres

2004-11-12 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 15:31, Bob Powell wrote: My systems admin says that he needs to have use of the Postgres user without a password. His Debian package manager requires this. The PostgreSQL user postgres is given the ability to connect to any database on the local machine without

[GENERAL] making another super user other than postgres

2004-11-11 Thread Bob Powell
Hello everyone; My systems admin says that he needs to have use of the Postgres user without a password. His Debian package manager requires this. He tells me that he can lock down that user on the system so that there are no security concerns. Can someone tell me if this is acceptable?

Re: [GENERAL] making another super user other than postgres

2004-11-11 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:31:28 -0500, Bob Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone; My systems admin says that he needs to have use of the Postgres user without a password. His Debian package manager requires this. He tells me that he can lock down that user on the system so

Re: [GENERAL] making another super user other than postgres

2004-11-11 Thread Tom Lane
Bob Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My systems admin says that he needs to have use of the Postgres user without a password. His Debian package manager requires this. He tells me that he can lock down that user on the system so that there are no security concerns. Why can't he put his