Re: [HACKERS] Updated TODO list

> > I think the original point was that some people use the same or related
> > passwords for psql as for their login password.
> 
> This may sound cold, but isn't that their own problem. I can remmeber
> being told the first time i needed a passwd "don't reuse this" .
> There should come a tiem when people take their own security a little
> more into their own hands, but hey that's just me :)

This may be the issue.  If we decided the postgres user has to be able
to know the password, we are stuck requiring people to use a different
password for the database if the postgres user is not trusted as much as
the system owner.

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