> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Frost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 August 2005 15:41 > To: Bruce Momjian > Cc: Andreas Pflug; Dave Page; Tom Lane; Magnus Hagander; > PostgreSQL-development > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Remote administration functionality > > > > >>The problem is, pg_hba.conf might be editted via the OS > unlike the text > > > >>version of pg_shadow which is only editted via the > server, which would > > > >>make appropriate locking nigh-on impossible afaics. > > Alright, sorry to just jump in here in the middle, but I don't see why > pg_hba.conf couldn't be made to work just like pg_shadow (or rather, > pg_authid or whatever it is now :).
Because the admin doesn't edit pg_shadow using vi or some other editor, and then possibly forget to tell the postmaster to reload it before someone else writes a new copy via the server. Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly