Show Notes
Nik and Michael discuss user management in Postgres — how roles work, making administration easier, setting passwords, and avoiding them being logged.
Here are some links to things they mentioned: Roles https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/user-manag.html Privileges https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-priv.html ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterdefaultprivileges.html GRANT https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-grant.html REASSIGN OWNED https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-reassign-owned.html ALTER ROLE (including SET) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterrole.html CREATE ROLE https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createrole.html Have I Been Pwned https://haveibeenpwned.com Pwned Passwords API https://haveibeenpwned.com/API/v3#PwnedPasswords Crunchy Data PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/announcing-the-crunchy-data-postgresql-stig Our episode on auditing https://postgres.fm/episodes/auditing
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