Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies
Date: 2008-08-02 17:27:43
Message-ID: 4894990F.3050409@agliodbs.com
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Tom,

> Seems a lot better to me to just train people to run the check-config
> code by hand before pulling the trigger to load the settings for real.

Or just have pg_ctl --check-first as an option. Cautious DBAs would use
that. In 2-3 versions, we can make --check-first the default, and
require the option --dont-check for unattended restarts.

--Josh

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