Re: Remote administration functionality - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Douglas McNaught
Subject Re: Remote administration functionality
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Msg-id m2u0i9oi9m.fsf@Douglas-McNaughts-Powerbook.local
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In response to Re: Remote administration functionality  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
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"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:

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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us] 

>> I am thinking we will need load_pg_hba() and write_pg_hba() that will
>> load and write the table to pg_hba.conf.
>
> Yeah, that bit is straghtforward enough, but what about the situation
> where dba #1 updates the pg_hba table, at the same time as dba #2 is
> editting pg_hba.conf in vi? 

"Don't do that then."

With this change, editing ph_hba.conf by hand should only be done when
the database is down...

-Doug


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