Re: postgresql 7 user passwords dont work ?????

su - postgres
chmod u+w ~/data/pg_hba.conf
vi ~/data/pg_hba.conf
chmod u-w ~/data/pg_hba.conf

Eric Webber wrote:
>
> users dont seem to need password in postgres 7 on red hat linux
> 6.2, compiled from source.
>
> I do an:
>
>     alter user nsadmin with password 'whatever';
>
> And then when I do an:
>
>     psql -u -d mydb
>
> username: nsadmin password: NOTwhatever
>
> IT STILL LETS ME IN ????
>
> This should not be so should it ?
>
> please advise, thanks
>
> streethockey@ureach.com
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