Re: Adding usernames to pg_hba.conf

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > o removes secondary password file support
> > o adds a user name column just after the database column
> > o allows a comma separated list of usernames or databases
> > o allows another file to contain a list of username/databases
> > by preceding the pg_hba.conf entry with '@'
> > o allow single or double-quoting of user/database names
>
> How do you plan to get around the compatibility issues?

Good question. We could just announce in the 7.3 release notes that
people have to add a new column after DATABASE for user, and default it
to "all". We could move the USER column to the end, which would present
less of a compatibility issue, but does cause problems with the optional
auth_argument. I can write a script to convert old pg_hba.conf files.
We could also throw a more helpful error if old files are used. Do you
have a suggestion?

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