| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Jerry Sievers <gsievers19(at)comcast(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: HBA files w/include support? |
| Date: | 2014-02-14 03:50:33 |
| Message-ID: | 20140214035033.GY6342@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.
> I have never heard of anyone request this.
On the contrary, I have vague memories that this has been discussed and
agreed upon; we have just never implemented it.
One issue with this is that pg_hba.conf is order sensitive, which could
become a trap for the unwary if includes are used carelessly.
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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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