> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Frost [mailto:sfrost@snowman.net]
> 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.