Re: replication and pg_hba.conf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: replication and pg_hba.conf
Date: 2011-01-16 16:25:37
Message-ID: 8308.1295195137@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> In 9.0, we specifically require using "replication" as database name
> to start a replication session. In 9.1 we will have the REPLICATION
> attribute to a role - should we change it so that "all" in database
> includes replication connections? It certainly goes in the "principle
> of least surprise" path..

No, not at all. If we had set things up so that roles with replication
bit could *only* do replication, it might be sensible to think about
that, but we didn't.

regards, tom lane

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