Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts
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Msg-id 4A940635020000250002A1A9@gw.wicourts.gov
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In response to Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote: 
> That's within my definition of "ugly", yes :-)  My ideal tool would
> do something like
> 
> $ pg_ping -h foo -p 5555
> IN_RECOVERY
> $ echo $?
> 2
> 
> $ # sleep a bit ...
> 
> $ pg_ping -h foo -p 5555
> READY
> $ echo $?
> 0
Cool, but how would you do that without bypassing authentication?  If
you do bypass authentication, wouldn't that be sort of a big target
for denial of service attacks?
-Kevin


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