Re: how to vacuum from cron?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> writes:
> > Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> >> Perhaps do it across a local TCP connection and use ident to verify?
>
> > And if you think this is somehow more secure than trusting Unix
> > sockets, I have a bridge to sell you...  ;)
>
> Why?  It's your own ident daemon you're trusting, not a remote one.

I agree that is somewhat better, but it still makes my skin crawl.  ;)
Some Unices (eg Linux) will honor permissions and ownership on Unix
sockets; I'd much prefer to use that mechanism if it's available.

-Doug