Re: libpq: system-wide root.crt - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: libpq: system-wide root.crt
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Msg-id AANLkTi=4DS_iDW+qbdj3yeVEqR=Jyz4LyC61nzLUBfPP@mail.gmail.com
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In response to libpq: system-wide root.crt  (Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>)
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org> wrote:
> Hello PostgreSQL developers,
>
> I received a request to support system-wide root certificates in
> libpq. Right now it only looks in ~/.postgresql/root.crt, but since
> such certificates are usually set up system wide and be maintained by
> the sysadmins, it would be very convenient if there was a fallback
> lookup in /etc/postgresql/ or similar.
>
> Would you accept a patch which adds a configure option for the path of
> a system wide root certificate?

That seems like a good feature to me. Obviously, it would have to come
with support for the CRL as well, since it goes together with the root
cert ;)

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