Re: Streaming replication as a separate permissions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Streaming replication as a separate permissions
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Msg-id 20101223224519.GB4933@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Streaming replication as a separate permissions  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Streaming replication as a separate permissions  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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* Josh Berkus (josh@agliodbs.com) wrote:
> 1) have a replication permission

Right, that's what this patch is about.

> 2) *by default* create a replication user with the replication
> permission when we initdb.

I'm not entirely sure about this one..  I'm not against it but I'm also
not really 'for' it. :)

> 3) have an example line for a replication connection by the replication
> user in the default pg_hba.conf (commented out).

Sure.

> 4) change all our docs and examples to use that replication user.

I don't have a problem with that.
Thanks,
    Stephen

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