| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Remote administration functionality |
| Date: | 2005-08-01 14:45:25 |
| Message-ID: | 2899.1122907525@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> Alright, sorry to just jump in here in the middle, but I don't see why
> pg_hba.conf couldn't be made to work just like pg_shadow (or rather,
> pg_authid or whatever it is now :).
(1) pg_hba.conf is fundamentally order-sensitive; SQL tables are
fundamentally not. I think it would be a bad idea to try to make
pg_hba.conf be an image of a SQL table.
(2) You have to be able to edit pg_hba.conf manually before you start
the server for the first time.
regards, tom lane
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