On 2/28/06, kynn@panix.com <kynn@panix.com> wrote:
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> Hi. What must I do to enable remote anonymous logins to our
> PostgreSQL server? What determines whether a password is required?
I'd suggest you start by reading the FAQ, and the excellent documentation.
As for the authentication, look at $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf ....
> Is it possible to require that the password be the user's e-mail
> address? Does the server keep record of all connections?
How is it anonymous if you require his password? Or do
you just want to keep track of who it is that logged in without
actual authentication?
As for the recording: it will if you tell it to, again, read the
excellent documentation.
> As you can see, I have many questions, too many in fact! I have not
> had much luck finding good resources on *administering* a PostgreSQL
> server.
Look at again. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/
> Are there any good books for this? Or other resources for
> the novice dbadmin? I'm particularly interested in stuff on
> administering PostgreSQL on Linux/Unix.
There's a couple ... have a search on Amazon for PpostgreSQL
Cheers,
Andrej