Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies
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Msg-id 48A6FEB8.7080509@hagander.net
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In response to Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> Other than that, it moves code around to do the parsing in the
>> postmaster and the maching in the backend.
> 
> How does that work in EXEC_BACKEND environments?

(Not tested yet, still on my TODO, but still)

It will parse the file in the postmaster *and* in the backend. Thus, the
safety that it won't reload on a broken file actually won't work since
backends reload the configuration everytime they start, but you will
still get the error/warning on reload.

//Magnus



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