Re: BUG #8375: pg_hba.conf: Include_dir like in postgresql.conf - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #8375: pg_hba.conf: Include_dir like in postgresql.conf
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Msg-id 5933.1375965561@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #8375: pg_hba.conf: Include_dir like in postgresql.conf  (hv@tbz-pariv.de)
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Re: BUG #8375: pg_hba.conf: Include_dir like in postgresql.conf
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hv@tbz-pariv.de writes:
> For easier deployment it would be nice to have an include_dir directive in
> pg_hba.conf.

This doesn't seem like a remarkably good idea from here, mainly because
entries in pg_hba.conf are critically order-dependent.  Dropping random
entries into a conf.d-like directory could produce unexpected results
--- and in this case, "unexpected result" probably means "security
failure".

            regards, tom lane

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