Re: Problem with reloading groups in pg_hba.conf

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > I am adding users and groups to pg_hba.conf.
>
> You know what would be cool?
>
> GRANT CONNECT ON mydb TO GROUP myfriends;
>
> and it rewrites pg_hba.conf accordingly.
>
> Just a thought...

We are actually not that far away. If you create a group for each
database, you can grant access to just that group and add/delete users
from that group at will. My new pg_group code will do that.

Now, as far as rewriting pg_hba.conf, that goes into an area where we
are not sure if the master connection information is in the file or in
the database. We also get into a chicken and egg case where we have to
have the database loaded to connect to it. I am interested to hear
where people think we should go with this.

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