On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Prabakaran, Vaishnavi <vaishna...@fast.au.fujitsu.com> wrote: > Hi, > > In connection to my previous proposal about "providing catalog view to > pg_hba.conf file contents" , I have developed the attached patch . > [...] > > [What this Patch does] > > Functionality of the attached patch is that it will provide a new view > "pg_hba_settings" to admin users. Public access to the view is restricted. > This view will display basic information about HBA setting details of > postgresql cluster. Information to be shown , is taken from parsed hba > lines and not directly read from pg_hba.conf files. Documentation files are > also updated to include details of this new view under "Chapter 47.System > Catalogs". Also , a new note is added in "chapter 19.1 The pg_hba.conf File" >
A normal user can see all the info the view provide once you GRANT permissions on it. How much info should a non-superuser see from this view? currently a non-superuser can't see pg_hba info, now it can. This function should be superuser only or only show info related for current_user if it user is not superuser. Also, i think you should use lowercase values just they are in pg_hba.conf (ie: local not Local, host not Host, etc) -- Jaime Casanova www.2ndQuadrant.com Professional PostgreSQL: Soporte 24x7 y capacitación Phone: +593 4 5107566 Cell: +593 987171157 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
