Re: password authentication

Phuong Ma wrote:
  >Hi,
  >
  >  I was wondering what the different methods of creating a password
  >accomplish because I created a password for a test user using the
  >command WITH PASSWORD.  I tried testing to see if I could log on without
  >a password, and it worked.  Is there anything else I would need to do to
  >activate the password authentication?  Does the pg_hba.conf file have
  >anything to do with this?  If it does, and I only want to create a
  >password for this one user, would I specify it in the pg_hba.conf file?

Use pg_hba.conf to turn on password checking.  Checking is done if
the connection method, database (and connection source for TCP/IP) match
a line in pg_hba.conf that requires it.

You cannot turn on checking per _user_.  It's all users or none.

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