pgsql: Add allow_alter_system GUC.

From: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Add allow_alter_system GUC.
Date: 2024-03-29 12:45:38
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Add allow_alter_system GUC.

This is marked PGC_SIGHUP, so it can only be set in a configuration
file, not anywhere else; and it is also marked GUC_DISALLOW_IN_AUTO_FILE,
so it can't be set using ALTER SYSTEM. When set to false, the
ALTER SYSTEM command is disallowed.

There was considerable concern that this would be misinterpreted as
a security feature, which it is not, because a determined superuser
has various ways of bypassing it. Hence, a lot of work has gone into
wordsmithing the documentation, in the hopes of avoiding any such
confusion.

Jelte Fennemia-Nio and Gabriele Bartolini, with wording suggestions
for the documentation from many others.

Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA%2BVUV5rEKt2%2BCdC_KUaPoihMu%2Bi5ChT4WVNTr4CD5-xXZUfuQw%40mail.gmail.com

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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/d3ae2a24f265a028f4b9e8df79ea7b075c6cf016

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_system.sgml | 8 +++++
src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 5 +++
src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c | 17 +++++++++
src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample | 1 +
src/include/utils/guc.h | 1 +
6 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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