Re: [HACKERS] Mandrake Postgres RPMs
J. Roeleveld <j.roeleveld@softhome.net>
From: "J. Roeleveld" <j.roeleveld@softhome.net>
To: <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1999-11-19T15:56:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> One detail: Mandrake defines a Postgres user, but disables the > password. I added the password and was then able to log in as the > Postgres user and add other users. Is that the preferred way to do > it?? I usually 'su' to the postgres - user from root, and then create a super-user-account for myself, and then do all the other stuff from there. I don't know how other people think about this, but I have found that the less passwords there are into a system, the harder it is for people to break in. Joost Roeleveld