Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection
Date: 2010-04-15 00:27:55
Message-ID: 19107.1271291275@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> What's wrong with something like "connection not permitted" or
> "connection not authorized"?

The case that we're trying to cater to with the existing wording is
novice DBAs, who are likely to stare at such a message and not even
realize that pg_hba.conf is what they need to change. Frankly, by
the time anyone is using REJECT entries they are probably advanced
enough to not need much help from the error message; but what you
propose is an absolute lock to increase the number of newbie questions
on the lists by a large factor.

regards, tom lane

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