Re: config files in /data

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >> Seems we should have pg_hba.conf and other files in a separate
> >> directory, not /data.
>
> > I think the internal files, such as pg_control should be in data/base/
> > instead, so as to not mix them up with user-editable files such as
> > pg_hba.conf, `configuration' (as of 3 min ago), ident, and password files.
>
> Doesn't that pose a risk of collision with user-chosen database names?
> Rather than restricting database names, we should keep these files in
> a different subdirectory. I agree that it's a good idea to separate
> them from the directly-editable config files, just not to put them in
> data/base/ ...

Yes, seems user-editable files should go in pgsql/etc or pgsql/config.

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