Re: Security implications of config-file-location patch

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Security implications of config-file-location patch
Date: 2004-10-09 17:07:02
Message-ID: 200410091907.02268.peter_e@gmx.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> As of CVS tip, if you are using the config-file-location-changing
> features, anybody can find out the data directory location via
> "show pgdata";

Btw., couldn't we come up with a more descriptive parameter name than
"pgdata"?

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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