Re: Allow cluster owner to bypass authentication

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Allow cluster owner to bypass authentication
Date: 2020-03-27 14:58:46
Message-ID: a84fe49d-73f7-1898-64d0-ea05a1e7f565@pgmasters.net
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Hi Peter,

On 12/27/19 3:22 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>
>> I think it'd be great if this behavior could be implemented
>> within the notation, because we could then just set up a
>> non-empty default pg_ident.conf with useful behavioral
>> examples in the form of prefab maps. In particular, we
>> should think about how hard it is to do "I want the default
>> behavior plus allow joe to connect as charlie". If the
>> default is a one-liner that you can copy and add to,
>> that's a lot better than if you have to reverse-engineer
>> what to write.
>
> This direction certainly sounds more appealing to me.

Any thoughts on the discussion between Stephen and Tom?

Regards,
--
-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net

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