> And dangerous. Imagine a system with say, apache accound used > from some Apache application. And a maluser who purposefully > tries to log in to "apache" account and fails, thus causing a DoS > on the web application. :) Yes, I absolutely agree. Any scheme of the sort would have some risks. And a risk I might be willing to take, might not be acceptable for others. > ...of course with careful planning and right implementation it > would be very good. And this is where I lay my trust in the PostgreSQL developers. I am no power user, but I certainly appreciate the impressive quality of the software. Thanks, folks. :) Benny -- Nixon: "Hello, Morbo! How's the family?" Morbo: "Beligerant and numerous." -- Futurama