Re: rolcanlogin vs. the flat password file

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-10-17T16:41:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:27:10AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> > There's legitimate use for creating a role with NOLOGIN and a password.
> 
> If we think that, then we shouldn't have a message at all.

At least if we think it's more than a very narrow legitimate use, compared
to the number of ppl making the mistake.

I agree with making it a NOTICE instead of WARNING though.

//Magnus