Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Thoughts on pg_hba.conf rejection
Date: 2010-04-14 20:28:44
Message-ID: r2g603c8f071004141328s614e777azf4a8fac546e27763@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca> wrote:
> I think it sort of just died.  I'm in favour of making sure we don't
> give out any extra information, so if the objection to the message is
> simply that "no pg_hba.conf entry" is "counterfactual" when there is an
> entry rejecting it, how about:
>   "No pg_hba.conf authorizing entry"
>
> That's no longer counter-factual, and works for both no entry, and a
> rejecting entry...

That works for me. I don't have strong feelings about it so I'd
probably be OK to a variety of solutions subject to my previous
remarks, but that seems as good as anything.

...Robert

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