Re: Login box bug

["Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Krajden [mailto:joelk(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca] 
> Sent: 23 November 2004 14:07
> To: Dave Page
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Login box bug
> 
> When I log in via psql template1 postgres pg_hba.conf works 
> fine. How does pgadmin know the location of pg_hba.conf to use.

It doesn't - that's the whole point. The adherence to the correct
pg_hba.conf is controlled entirely by the server. If it were possible to
bypass it from a client then any hacker could easily bypass any access
controls - this is certainly not the case.

Regards. Dave.