Re: drupal.org MySQL database issues

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: drupal.org MySQL database issues
Date: 2007-05-18 15:11:20
Message-ID: 464DC218.2020903@commandprompt.com
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Brian Hurt wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
as triggers that right out the file.
>
> There are two advantages to having pg_hba.conf a file and not a table:
> 1) It allows me to configure access permissions *before* bringing up the
> database, and

We could still do that, either via initdb or if after initdb have a
command line utility that allows it.

> 2) If I screw up and forget the postgres password, I can set local host
> to "trust", log in, and change it.

Obviously this would be a safe guard that would have to be put in place
just like any other remote protocol there would need to be away around a
potential problem like that.

Joshua D. Drake

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