Re: usernames and passwords

On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 11:16, Vicente Vives wrote:
>
> Hi .
> I have a server running PostgreSQL Version 6.5, and i have a problem.
> I grant some distinct privileges to some users (and that works). The
> problem
> is that those users can log in with any password. Each user has a
> password
> assigned but not matter the password the user use to log in, if the user
> exists always will get access to the database.

Look at $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf

This self-documenting file contains the access parameters.

Incidentally, version 6.5 is very old and buggy.  You should consider
upgrading to the current version, 7.2.1

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