| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: config files in /data |
| Date: | 2000-05-30 23:25:35 |
| Message-ID: | 200005302325.TAA24960@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Seems we should have pg_hba.conf and other files in a separate
> > directory, not /data.
>
> Why?
>
> I don't see enough advantage in it to justify breaking people's
> existing administrative procedures. You can bet there are folks
> out there whose scripts know where pg_hba.conf lives, for example.
>
In describing how to do a backup, people have to backup
data/pg_hba.conf, but none of the others. Seems strange that it is
mixed in with actual tables.
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