Re: global\pg_auth

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: black light <blacklight1600(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: global\pg_auth
Date: 2010-01-05 08:56:35
Message-ID: 201001050956.36288.andres@anarazel.de
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On Tuesday 05 January 2010 09:37:57 black light wrote:
> Hi,
> Why PG uses a flat file (global\pg_auth) for md5 authentication!? Is it
> forced to do it instead of accessing relevant table is system catalog?
It does not anymore:
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=7b0a92a0b6f5ef41f1547381cbd0e2604ec2bf87

The reason earlier was that the authentication check was done before a backend
was started...

Andres

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