Re: Problems with authentication

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 20:14:56 +0100,
  Frans Haarman <frans@haarman.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am building a webapplication for school, as a project.
>
> Basicly I want users to connect with their postgresql password an
> username.
>
> I tried:
> local all password
>
> but then it asks for a password when booting the server, and I would
> like to have this done automaticly.
>
> Basicly I want everybody to require a password, and have the server
> startup automaticly.

In 7.3 there is a user column in the hba file that you can use to except
the web account from a password check.

Since you are using local, you might also consider using ident authentication.
If people aren't sharing accounts, this probably gives you what you want.