Documentation - V-233612

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PostgreSQL must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

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<VulnDiscussion>To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors). Organizational users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses, except the following: ...

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Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA. Configure PostgreSQL settings to uniquely identify and authenticate all organizational users who log on/connect to the system. To create roles, use the following SQL: CREATE ROLE <role_name> [OPTIONS] For more information on CREATE ROLE, see the official documentation: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createrole.html For each role created, the database administrator can specify database authentication by editing pg_hba.conf: $ sudo su - postgres $ vi ${PGDATA?}/pg_hba.conf An example pg_hba entry looks like this: # TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD host test_db bob 192.168.0.0/16 scram-sha-256 For more information on p...