"woger151" <woger151@jqpx37.cotse.net> writes:
> What I'm not sure about is how to authenticate the postgresql superuser
> (user 'postgres' on my system). I'm considering:
> 1. Using ident (supposedly secure because of the SO_PEERCRED mechanism; and
> I've made a lot of effort to secure the server at the OS level)
> 2. Using password (_not_ stored on disk in e.g. pgpass)
> 3. Using reject
How are you going to do backups?
regards, tom lane