Assigning password to the superuser

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Hi all,

I'm putting together a system to monitor multiple postgresql
installations and to gain full access to all remote statistics I'd like
to connect as the super user.

To do that I'd add a single IP entry in pg_hba.conf for the monitoring
machine and give the superuser a password.

The things I know I want to keep in mind:

o Ensure I only allow user pgsql access from that one IP
o Ensure I'm not passing the password or hash in cleartext over the
  general internet
o (Alternatively, use SSL for all superuser connections)
o Keep local 'trust' access for 'all' so I can continue to use tools
  like pg_dump locally without passwords

Is there any other gotchas to this? Is it a bad idea for some other reason?

Generally speaking I can trust local users, if I run into a situation
where I can't I'd deal with that differently.

Thanks.

    - Justin

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Justin Hawkins                     Email:  justin@internode.com.au (W)
Systems Programmer/DBA             Email:  justin@hawkins.id.au    (H)
Internode Systems Pty Ltd          Phone:  +61-8-82282999
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