Re: Questions on PostGreSQL Authentication mechanism...

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> For example, perhaps there could be a new pair of functions
> pg_read_hba_file/pg_write_hba_file that would work even if the files are
> placed in other directories, but they (Debian) would need to propose
> it.

I don't remember they had to provide those GUCs:

  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/runtime-config-file-locations.html

  hba_file (string)
    Specifies the configuration file for host-based authentication
    (customarily called pg_hba.conf). This parameter can only be set at
    server start

The bug certainly is on PostgreSQL for providing the facility to
relocate the hba_file without providing any way for pgadmin and other
utilities to handle the situation?

Regards,
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dim