Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM` - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`
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Msg-id CA+TgmoaSsAeXq5PUsTViHT=sWdXDBm6o2AkG0GDiC1NW-k9yRA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I wonder whether this feature should include teaching the server
> to ignore postgresql.auto.conf altogether, which would make it
> relatively easy to get to a bulletproof configuration.

This has been debated a few times on the thread already, but a number
of problems with that idea have been raised, and as far as I can see,
everyone who suggested went on to recant and agree that we shouldn't
do that. If you feel a strong need to relitigate that, please check
the prior discussion first.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com



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