Re: Required permissions for data directory

Tom Lane wrote:

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>Being able to edit postgresql.conf gives one the ability to become
>postgres (hint: you can cause the backend to load a shlib of your
>choosing, or even more trivially, adjust pg_hba.conf to let you in
>as superuser), so the above distinction is unenforceable.
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And can't we now even point to a completely different location for the 
actual data, as well as the rest of the config? I'd hate to think of 
someone changing that out from under me.

cheers

andrew