On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 07:24:56AM -0700, Darin McBride wrote: > I started wondering why I hadn't worried about this before. Then I > realised ... it's one of the benefits of OS-based authentication as > opposed to DB-managed authentication.
I believe that PostgreSQL can do this kind of authentication as well using 'trust' and a properly configured socket file (see 6.2 Authentication methods[1]). I have not considered using this method; thanks for the idea! William [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/auth-methods.html -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cgiapp&r=1&w=2 To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
