On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Rafaqat Ali wrote:
> Hello All
> I am using
> \c [database] [user-name]
> to connect to any database.
> Any one can connect to any database. If any one knows user
> name, he/she connect to db. I want to provide some security that no
> one can connect without providing passwords. postgres uses a function
> do_coonect() for this perpose. I provide it passwords but it let me
> connect to db with any passwords provided. Can any one tell me how to
> set passwords for db user. and how can I implement password protection
> in psql.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/client-authentication.html
In particular: "authentication-method".
And:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/sql-createuser.html
Please address general PostgreSQL questions to the pgsql-general mailing
list in the future.
Thanks
Gavin
