Re: psql security fail?

On 11/3/2013 12:20 PM, Maxy wrote:
> psql -d mydb
>
> pg asks me the password but if i do
>
> psql -U postgresql -d mydb
>
> pg don't ask me the password.
> PostgreSQL 9.2.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.7.1, 32-bit


$ psql -U postgresql -d mydb
psql: FATAL:  role "postgresql" does not exist

  PostgreSQL 9.2.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.1.2
20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54), 32-bit


something is whack.


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