Re: IPV4 addresses on IPV6 machines in pg_hba.conf

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: IPV4 addresses on IPV6 machines in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2003-09-06 01:52:57
Message-ID: 200309060152.h861qvJ26557@candle.pha.pa.us
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andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net wrote:
> Bruce Momjian said:
> >
> > Would you like me to conditionally add the IPv6 line to pg_hba.conf
> > from initdb now?
> >
>
> As a matter of taste and possibly due to some paranoia I would prefer to
> see it added unconditionally to pg_hba.conf and conditionally commented
> out in initdb. (The paranoia is what says to me that it is better to have
> hidden removal of something useless than hidden addition of something
> potentially dangerous).

So have initdb coditionally comment it out in data/pg_hba.conf --- I can
do that.

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