Re: psql -U postgres does not require a password

Silvan Calarco writes:

> psql database_name -U postgres
>
> I'm not asked for a password and every user can access the database with
> postgres privileges.

psql only asks for a password if the server requires password
authentication.  Look into pg_hba.conf how to set that up.  (Might be in
/var/lib/pgsql/... on your system.)

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