Re: Security problem in psql frontends

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: ecsaba@pcszoftver.hu, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-11-13T15:37:41Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> I can connect to the database with a valid username and with a false
> password. Why ?

No doubt it's because you've got pg_hba.conf set to "trust" ...
passwords aren't checked unless pg_hba.conf specifies a password-
based authentication mechanism.  See
http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/security.htm

			regards, tom lane