Re: [HACKERS] API for Managing pg_hba and postgresql.conf

2008-08-17 Thread Greg Smith
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Andrew Satori wrote: What I'm seeing is a default installation protects the Data directory properly, but in so doing means that altering the configuration files, pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf require database administrators, who should not necessarily have a level of

[HACKERS] API for Managing pg_hba and postgresql.conf

2008-08-14 Thread Andrew Satori
Looking at the list history, I see this has been discussed in the past, but it has been long enough that perhaps it is time to revisit it. It would appear from my own support queues, that one of the most prevalent issues with PostgreSQL installations is not a functional one, but an