Re: confirming security.

On 2/22/2013 8:13 AM, Maz Mohammadi wrote:
> Ahhh yes....it is now...
>
> ===========
> # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> #local   all             all                                     trust
> # IPv4 local connections:
> #host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust
> # IPv6 local connections:
> #host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust
> # Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
> # replication privilege.
> #local   replication     postgres-xc                                trust
> #host    replication     postgres-xc        127.0.0.1/32            trust
> #host    replication     postgres-xc        ::1/128                 trust
> hostssl all             all             127.0.0.1/32            cert

I would leave a local line in front of that like..

local   all postgres peer

this will allow the postgres user to log on regardless when using unix
sockets rather than tcp/ip (eg, when not specifying any -h hostname).
handy for database administration and fixing problems.



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