Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Gavin M. Roy wrote:
>> I think for one, mysql uses tables for all of its access control.
>> Coding plesk/cpanel to modify pg_hba.conf and rehup postgres would take
>> a bit more work, I would imagine.
>
> In a lot of environments, it'd certainly be impossible, at least until
> we make it possible to edit the config files remote... (oops, recap of
> endless amounts of discussions on letting pgadmin do that..)
Well more to the point. There really is zero reason why we can't have a
table representation of pg_hba_conf that is the pg_hba.conf file that
has triggers that right out the file.
>
>> Do we really want to pursue making PostgreSQL easier to admin for the
>> non-system admin? Cpanel and plesk and like tools are pretty far down
>> the list of important things to support or code for.
>
> If we want to make inroads into shared-hosting environments, it would
> certainly help...
It is not just shared hosting... dedicated hosting starts as little as
69.00 with Cpanel :)...
Note that I am not advocating making it easier for Cpanel. I am just
making a point that it is not limited to shared hosting.
I am however advocating that it is pretty dumb that our conf files are
*required* as a little text file on the filesystem and can not be
managed via the database.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> //Magnus
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