Re: hacker help: PHP-4.2.3 patch to allow restriction of

From: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jim Mercer <jim(at)reptiles(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: hacker help: PHP-4.2.3 patch to allow restriction of
Date: 2002-09-27 10:49:27
Message-ID: 1033123767.375.8.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org
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On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 22:42, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jim Mercer <jim(at)reptiles(dot)org> writes:
> > as best i can understand, there is no way to get apach/php/pgsql configured
> > (using "PostgreSQL's native access mappings") that would disallow php code
> > in one virtual host from connecting to any database on the system.
>
> Betraying my ignorance of PHP here: what does a server supporting
> multiple virtual hosts look like from the database's end? Can we
> tell the difference at all between connections initiated on behalf
> of one virtual host from those initiated on behalf of another?
Nope, you can't to the best of my knowledge. You just get a standard
connect string. (Assuming NAME based vHosts here, which is what most
should be, modulo SSL based ones).

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