On 5 December 2013 01:55, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Thu, 2013-11-14 at 12:11 +0530, Amit Kapila wrote: >> If an application wants to allow these connection parameters to be >> used, it would need to do PQenableStartServer() first. If it doesn't, >> those connection parameters will be rejected. > > Stupid idea: Would it work that we require an environment variable to be > set before we allow the standalone_backend connection parameter? That's > easy to do, easy to audit, and doesn't require any extra code in the > individual clients.
I like the idea... should it be in pg_hba.conf ? Or should it be next to listen_addresses in postgresql.conf? hba might be less convenient but seems like the correct place -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers