Reece Hart wrote > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:37 PM, David Johnston < > polobo@ > > wrote: > >> Doubtful. >> > > Yeah, that's what I had assumed too. > > The question is motivated entirely by what I think would make it easier > for > users. In principle it's not difficult to give people a password (as I do > now), but in practice it's a barrier that I'd like to eliminate. > > -Reece If your users are connecting directly to a PostgreSQL database then the presence or absence of a password has no significant impact on usability. They have learned SQL and can interact with databases and likely expect to need a password anyway. Usually developers make things easier by writing software that the users interact with instead of the database... David J. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/password-less-access-without-using-pg-hba-tp5790947p5790966.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general