Re: [GENERAL] db_user_namespace, md5 and changing passwords

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > I have developed the attached patch, which documents the inability to
> > use MD5 with db_user_namespace, and throws an error when it is used:
> >
> > psql: FATAL: MD5 authentication is not supported when "db_user_namespace" is enabled
>
> IMHO it would be much nicer to detect this when we load pg_hba.conf.
> It's easy to do these days :-P
>
> I don't think we need to worry about the "changed postgresql.conf after
> we changed pg_hba.conf" that much, because we'll always reload
> pg_hba.conf after the main config file.
>
> I'd still leave the runtime check in as well to handle the "loaded one
> but not the other" case, but let's try prevent the user from loading the
> broken config file in the first place..

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OK, updated patch attached.

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