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From: ppoh@jade2.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh)
Subject: Postgres security
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Hi,

I've just installed postgres on a Sun and I'm looking at the possibility of
using postgres as a database server for an user accounting system I'm
writing. I built libpq on a Convex 3220 and I wrote a sample program on
the Convex to access a demo database on the Sun. Everything works great.

My question is: Does postgres do any kind of security checks to prevent
unauthorized users from accessing another users database. There did not
appear to be anykind of checks to prevent me from reading the database on
the Sun.

I'm also wondering if there is a postgres usenet conference.

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Paul Poh
ppoh@jade.tufts.edu
Academic Computer Services
Tufts University