Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> A point that I don't think has been made so far in the thread: the
>> only place the postmaster could complain in event of problems is the
>> postmaster log, which we know too well isn't watched by inexperienced
>> DBAs. I guarantee you that we will get bug reports along the lines of
>> "I updated pg_hba.conf and did pg_ctl reload, but nothing changed!
>> Postgres sucks!" if we implement checking at load time.

> How is this different from how we deal with postgresql.conf today?

It isn't, and I seem to recall we've had that scenario play out a couple
times already for postgresql.conf changes. But pg_hba.conf is far more
complex than "variable = value" ...

regards, tom lane