Re: alter user

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 01:13:37 +0200,
  Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be> wrote:
> Ls,
>
> any user can change his own password,
> i haven't found a way of prohibiting this.
> what about a general user (eg test/test), that is used by many people,
> one of those people could use alter user (being connected as test/test) the
> change the password, leaving the rest clueless..
>
> suggestions to prevent this?, i need a general (readonly) user!

Tell people not to do this.
Use ident authentication.
Give each person their own postgres account.