Re: [PATCH] Include application_name in "connection authorized" log message

From: Don Seiler <don(at)seiler(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include application_name in "connection authorized" log message
Date: 2018-08-07 13:31:38
Message-ID: CAHJZqBAC_HWNx2G39FTZQ=X-Sk0oE59rOt+tHszR401KenHpjw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 5:20 AM, Peter Eisentraut <
peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> On 13/07/2018 20:20, Don Seiler wrote:
> > See attached for latest revision.
>
> This doesn't compile with SSL enabled because there is a comma missing.
>

Hmm I'll check this out tonight. Sorry I wasn't able to get to this until
now.

> This implementation doesn't run the application_name through
> check_application_name(), so it could end up logging application_name
> values that are otherwise not acceptable. I'm not sure of the best way
> to fix that.

Is the concern that any user can set their client's application name value
to any string they want? Is there a reason we can't call
check_application_name() before setting it in the Port struct in
postmaster.c?

Don.

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Don Seiler
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