Re: Security implications of config-file-location patch

Tom Lane wrote:

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>I am sort of on the fence about this.  I am thinking that it would be
>good to expose this information, but *only* to superusers.  It would not
>take much code to add a GUC variable flag bit that prevents
>non-superusers from examining the value of the GUC variable, and only a
>little more code to reflect the correct paths into these variables all
>the time.
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On the basis that I can't see that anyone but the superuser has a 
legitimate interest in the info, this sounds good.

cheers

andrew