Re: pg_hba.conf edit

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net>
Cc: Uro Gruber <uros(at)sir-mag(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_hba.conf edit
Date: 2001-01-17 04:28:28
Message-ID: 15794.979705708@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> writes:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Uro Gruber wrote:
>> I want to know how to edit this file. Because is only for reading. Is
>> there any program to edit this. For now i chmod it to 600
>> end edit with my editor.

> That's the way you are supposed to do it!

Check. Nothing fancy, just whip out your text editor...

> Just make sure you make it
> read-only after you are done.

You don't even have to do that. The file lives in a directory that
is supposed to be mode 700, ie, no access to anyone but the postgres
user; so it doesn't much matter what the protections are on pg_hba.conf
itself.

regards, tom lane

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