Re: [HACKERS] Enabling replication connections by default inpg_hba.conf - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Enabling replication connections by default inpg_hba.conf
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Msg-id 453bd5e8-8b1d-86dc-8f4c-b24eba25e7c0@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Enabling replication connections by default in pg_hba.conf  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 2/2/17 2:59 PM, Simon Riggs wrote:
> We currently have REPLICATION to mean "physical replication".

Well, it doesn't really mean that.  The same facilities are used to
control access to both logical and physical replication.

> I think if we have another capability for logical replication then we
> would be able to easily allow one or the other, or both, so I don't
> see a problem here that forces us to keep pg_hba.conf the way it is.

I think change is possible and possibly desirable.  One issue is that we
might need to adjust dump/restore so that it keeps existing usages
working.  Details depend on the actual changes, of course.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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