Re: pg_hba.conf alternative - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From korry
Subject Re: pg_hba.conf alternative
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Msg-id 200602090751.11209.korry@starband.net
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In response to Re: pg_hba.conf alternative  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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> >I was suggesting that pg_hba.conf could be stored in the same encrypting
> >filesystem.
>
> Then how can it be changed? What if you need to allow access from, say,
> another user or another network? Oh, the admins have to change it ...

Not all admins are equal... the admin that takes care of the database would 
obviously have the decrypt password for the encrypting filesystem.  That 
admin (but not other admins) can change the pg_hba.conf file.
    -- Korry


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