From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: order of entries in admin docs |
Date: | 2008-05-07 16:39:15 |
Message-ID: | 200805071639.m47GdF625363@momjian.us |
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> The more I read the docs, the more moving client authentication seems
> to make sense. In fact, the authentication problems section is
> probably the perfect final bit to the Connections and Authentication
> section. I'd move it up a level, so that it looked something like
> this:
>
> 18.3. Connections and Authentication
>
> 18.3.1. Connection Settings
> 18.3.2. Security and Authentication
> 18.3.3. The pg_hba.conf file
> 18.3.4. Authentication methods
> 18.3.5. Authentication problems
>
> Unless a different level of indentation makes more sense, which I
> could totally understand.
>
> It definitely follows the flow of setting up a pg server better for
> me. I might even move the pg_hba.conf file to 18.3.1 up there. It is
> pretty much a firewall.
I don't think this change makes sense --- All the "Connection Settings"
stuff is in postgresql.conf. Pulling authentication in there will be too
complex, I am afraid.
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