Re: drupal.org MySQL database issues

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)myyearbook(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: drupal.org MySQL database issues
Date: 2007-05-17 21:09:49
Message-ID: 464CC49D.3070700@hagander.net
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Gavin M. Roy wrote:
> I think for one, mysql uses tables for all of its access control.
> Coding plesk/cpanel to modify pg_hba.conf and rehup postgres would take
> a bit more work, I would imagine.

In a lot of environments, it'd certainly be impossible, at least until
we make it possible to edit the config files remote... (oops, recap of
endless amounts of discussions on letting pgadmin do that..)

> Do we really want to pursue making PostgreSQL easier to admin for the
> non-system admin? Cpanel and plesk and like tools are pretty far down
> the list of important things to support or code for.

If we want to make inroads into shared-hosting environments, it would
certainly help...

//Magnus

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