Since changing ph_hda.conf file to give users access involves the restart of server, many companies I work(ed) use a bastion host, where users ssh to, and are allowed "somehow" use postgresql.
Still, those users need some login shell.
It would be great to give them psql as a login shell (in /etc/passwd).
But doing so, will result in psql exiting with error with the usual
$ psql
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?
What would help, is a --idle option, where psql does not exit, stays idle and waits for user to give a \conn command.
Something similar to
sqlplus /nolog
Is anything like that feasible or is there another solution/workaround?
Tnx!