Re: BUG #5457: dblink_connect now restricts non-superusers to password

On 2010-05-11, Chana Slutzkin <chana@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
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> The following bug has been logged online:
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> Bug reference:      5457
> Logged by:          Chana Slutzkin
> Email address:      chana@cs.huji.ac.il
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4
> Operating system:   FreeBSD 7.2
> Description:        dblink_connect now restricts non-superusers to password
> Details:
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> dblink in version 8.4 forces a non-superuser to connect using a password.
> I would prefer to use ident.

dblink runs on the back-end under the postgres user account.
identd (or postgres, or anoyone else who looks) is going to see
the user as postgres.