Re: postgresql and LDAP

2009/3/10 Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
>> JP Fletcher <jpfletch(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info> writes:
>>> I've just compiled 8.3.6 with ldap support yet I get
>>> 'FATAL:  missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file'
>>> when I try to connect.
>>
>> Can't help you much when you don't show us the pg_hba.conf file ;-)
>>
>> However, a tip that might help is that there should be more information
>> about the problem in the postmaster log.  We intentionally don't send
>> details about the conf file's contents to the client...
>
> Perhaps we should send a HINT to the client saying to consult the postmaster
> logs?
>

IMHO I think is quite dangerous because someone with experience could guess
some security details.
But, could be configure the client verbose from the postgresql.conf,
in that case
could be useful.

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