Re: Patch proposal: make use of regular expressions for the username in pg_hba.conf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Drouvot, Bertrand" <bdrouvot(at)amazon(dot)com>
Cc: Jacob Champion <jchampion(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch proposal: make use of regular expressions for the username in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2022-09-09 14:19:35
Message-ID: 112791.1662733175@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Drouvot, Bertrand" <bdrouvot(at)amazon(dot)com> writes:
> Agree that it seems unlikely but maybe we could add a new GUC to turn
> the regex usage on the hba file on/off (and use off as the default)?

I think that will just add useless complication.

regards, tom lane

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