Re: rolcanlogin vs. the flat password file

Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>

From: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-10-17T16:09:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) 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.
> 
> I'm not sure I agree with that.  I don't agree that there's really a
> legitimate use for creating a role w/ NOLOGIN and a password either, for
> that matter. 

Preparing a new user account prior to an employee starting? In my last
post we would do that regularly - setup all the accounts etc for the new
user, but disable them all until the start date.

/D