Re: replication and pg_hba.conf - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: replication and pg_hba.conf
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Msg-id 8308.1295195137@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to replication and pg_hba.conf  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> In 9.0, we specifically require using "replication" as database name
> to start a replication session. In 9.1 we will have the REPLICATION
> attribute to a role - should we change it so that "all" in database
> includes replication connections? It certainly goes in the "principle
> of least surprise" path..

No, not at all.  If we had set things up so that roles with replication
bit could *only* do replication, it might be sensible to think about
that, but we didn't.
        regards, tom lane


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