Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Adjust user-facing documentation to explain why we don't check
Date: 2007-02-20 20:30:29
Message-ID: 45DB5A65.1060409@dunslane.net
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Dave Page wrote:
> If you are savvy enough to read the docs, un-hide the directory, and
> manually create the file in the correct format, surely you can also run
> cacls on it? We expect *nix users to run chmod on theirs after all.
>
> I don't see this as such a big issue.
>
>

I think this is OK if we also go with your other suggestion of trusting
the default location, which will cover 95% of uses anyway.

cheers

andrew

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