Re: Open 7.3 items

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>
To: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Open 7.3 items
Date: 2002-08-27 20:10:56
Message-ID: 1030479059.51638.11.camel@jester
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It should also be noted that it's easy to get the DBAs to change their
username in the future when / if the @ hack goes away BUT it will be
difficult to change the usernames of the hundreds to thousands of
customer accounts.

For an upgrade, we'd end up making a script in the upgrade to keep them
the same (with the @) then have a control panel code in place to suggest
to the user that they may stop using the @ if they wish <click here>
type of thing.

> > > > Tom likes this because it is the fewer global users who have to append
> > > > the '@'.
>
> > > At least that was my perception of the uneasy consensus reached.
>
> > OK, you have now split the vote because we have two for the change, and
> > two against. Why do you prefer to tag the globals? Is it Tom's
> > argument? I think it is kind of strange to tag the globals when it is
> > the locals who have @ in their username, and when they do:

> In the case of a virtual hosting postmaster, global users would likely be
> DBA's, although they might not be. These users are going to be the
> exception, not the rule -- thus a character to tag their 'exceptional'
> nature.

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