Re: For review: Server instrumentation patch

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: For review: Server instrumentation patch
Date: 2005-07-25 14:37:07
Message-ID: 200507251437.j6PEb7q19230@candle.pha.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> It also just strikes me as just the wrong way to go about solving the
> apparent problem. If we want to make remote configuration or other
> operations possible, then instead of granting access to server resident
> files we should invent and implement an API that provides superusers the
> appropriate operations. For one thing, this would mean that if we ever
> decided to replace the current flat file system we use with something
> else we need not break clients that use the API. Just granting file
> access even if restricted to the data dir strikes me as a kludge.

I thought an API for postgresql.conf is what we agreed to, but I don't
see it on the TODO list. Is that correct?

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