Re: Problem with reloading groups in pg_hba.conf

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Problem with reloading groups in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2002-03-22 06:27:52
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0203220125050.812-100000@peter.localdomain
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> I have another idea. What if we had a default group for each database,
> like pg_connect_{dbname}, and you can add/remove users from that group
> to grant/remove connection privileges?

That strikes me as a very ugly abuse of the privilege system. If you want
to grant a privilege, use GRANT, not the name of a group.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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