Postgresql service account issue!?
Hi,
I have an issue regarding the PostgreSQL service account on my machine. I
work for IBM and I have to fulfil security checks for my machine to make
sure its safe. Anyway, it is flagging up the problem that my account for
postgres doesnt have a screensaver set with a password?? Any ideas on what
is causing this and how this can be resolved?? Is it possible to set a
screensaver password for a postgres service account?? Any help will be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Tom
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Thomas Foster wrote:
I have an issue regarding the PostgreSQL service account on my
machine. I work for IBM and I have to fulfil security checks for my
machine to make sure its safe. Anyway, it is flagging up the problem
that my account for postgres doesnt have a screensaver set with a
password?? Any ideas on what is causing this and how this can be
resolved?? Is it possible to set a screensaver password for a postgres
service account?? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
If you never log in as postgres from a GUI, then it doesn't matter. The
security checker should realize that the account is not a user account.
On my system
$ grep postgres /etc/passwd
postgres:x:26:26:PostgreSQL Server:/var/lib/pgsql:/bin/bash
$ grep postgres /etc/shadow
postgres:!!:13665:0:99999:7:::
It is not possible to login as postgres directly.
Cheers,
mark
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Mark Mielke <mark@mielke.cc>