Re: HBA files w/include support?

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 08:24:27PM -0600, Jerry Sievers wrote:
> Greetings Hackers.
>
> I'm aware of how a pg_hba.conf file can refer to other files for
> including @lists of users, etc.
>
> But there is currently no support for being able to pull in entire file
> segments as can be done for postgresql.conf via the include directive.
>
> In the environment that I'm managing, we are using a makefile to stick
> together a common header with a custom section for any of several
> clusters and may extend this further to permit additional includes for
> hba rules common to groupings of clusters.
>
> Anyway, please advise. I don't recall hearing anything like this
> discussed.
>
> Has been proposed, discussed and voted down? Or never mentioned?

I have never heard of anyone request this.

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