| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m(dot)sakrejda(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM` |
| Date: | 2024-03-20 19:16:52 |
| Message-ID: | CABUevEwxS0DF==p-hkbev7QjV7gtUtVk6=KD5CE4LyKfhjrMYA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 8:14 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
> wrote:
> > I would argue that having the default permissions not allow postgres to
> edit it's own config files *except* for postgresql.auto.conf would be a
> better default than what we have now, but that's completely independent of
> the patch being discussed on this thread. (And FWIW also already solved on
> debian-based platforms for example, which but the main config files in /etc
> with postgres only having read permissions on them - and having the
> *packagers* adapt such things for their platforms in general seems like a
> better place).
>
> I don't think that I agree that it's categorically better, but it
> might be better for some people or in some circumstances. I very much
> do agree that it's a packaging question rather than our job to sort
> out.
>
Right, what I meant is that making it a packaging decision is the better
place. Wherever it goes, allowing the administrator to choose what fits
them should be made possible.
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Magnus Hagander
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