From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: nested xacts: update password file |
Date: | 2004-07-12 19:35:31 |
Message-ID: | 20040712193531.GE3345@dcc.uchile.cl |
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 03:19:43PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 02:31:37PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > OK, but why would we document the contents of a file that are not to be
> > > modified by the user?
> >
> > But how is the file used? Where do I put the file, what do I put in
> > pg_hba.conf to use the file? Can I have several files, one per
> > pg_hba.conf entry? Can I use multiple files with a single pg_hba.conf
> > entry? What happens if I have a username that has the separator in it?
>
> We no longer have the capability for external password files, which is
> what the 7.2 docs were talking about. We removed it when we went to
> encrypted MD5 password and pg_hba.conf entries where you can reference
> external lists of users and groups.
>
> The file you were touching is a cache of usernames written by backends
> modifing the pg_shadow table and read by the postmaster.
Oh, I see! Thanks for the clarification.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"XML!" Exclaimed C++. "What are you doing here? You're not a programming
language."
"Tell that to the people who use me," said XML.
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