Received: from magus.postgresql.org (magus.postgresql.org [87.238.57.229]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BEDF53F49 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:43:10 -0400 (AST) Received: from sd-17937.dedibox.fr ([88.191.100.74]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Riv5Y-0004mK-9q for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:43:10 +0000 Received: from [192.168.10.3] (AMontsouris-552-1-17-234.w86-212.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.212.48.234]) by sd-17937.dedibox.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D9E7B3B945; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 22:44:21 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <1325799775.2290.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: Postgres 9.1 client authentication for local, no password required? From: Guillaume Lelarge To: Wujek Srujek Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:42:55 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <1325796669.2290.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1325798338.2290.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2 (3.2.2-1.fc16) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201201/34 X-Sequence-Number: 38946 On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 22:23 +0100, Wujek Srujek wrote: > Yes, pgAdmin is pretty much the only thing I use after initially installing > and setting the password for the 'postgres' user. > When does it do it? How did I trigger that? > It does that when you tell it to record your password (checkbox in the server properties dialog, and in the connection dialog too IIRC). Which is neat because it's the usual password file for PostgreSQL clients. -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com PostgreSQL Sessions #3: http://www.postgresql-sessions.org