| From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies |
| Date: | 2008-08-03 13:16:17 |
| Message-ID: | 20080803131617.GU16005@tamriel.snowman.net |
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* Magnus Hagander (magnus(at)hagander(dot)net) wrote:
> Stephen Frost wrote:
> > A little extra code in the backend is well worth fixing this foot-gun.
> > The concerns raised so far have been "who will write it?" and "what if
> > it has bugs?". Neither of these are particularly compelling arguments
> > when you've already offered to write and bug-test it (right, Magnus? :).
>
> Toms main argument has been that it would move the code *from* the
> backend and into the *postmaster*, which is much more sensitive.
erm, yes, sorry I wasn't being clear. Brain moving faster than fingers
sometimes. :)
> And yes, I've offered to write the code. I take this as an offer from
> you to bug-test it :-)
Indeed, as long as I'm bug-testing the Kerberos mappings at the same
time... ;) Seriously though, I'd be happy to review and test the code.
Thanks,
Stephen
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