Обсуждение: Re: [HACKERS] Removing a user's password

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Here is a patch to allow users to remove their passwords.
>
> Uh ... why should a user be able to remove their password (as opposed to
> changing it to something else)?  I'm having a difficult time visualizing
> a use for this.  Seems more like a way to create extra work for DBAs,
> putting back passwords for people who stupidly removed theirs.

Well, they are not actually removing it, just setting it to NULL, as
though a password was never assigned.  We have a way for users to set
it, but no way for them to remove it.

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