Re: Why pg_hba not in table?

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 15:37, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:24:01PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > One other small point is the bootstrapping problem: if you can't get
> > into the database to modify the config table, you've got trouble.
>
> Hence MySQL's --skip-grant-tables option; if you've locked yourself
> out then you have to disable security entirely to get back in and
> fix the problem.  With a configuration that you can edit from outside
> the database, you can usually get back in without having to punch
> as big a hole.

And you can change pg_hba.conf on the fly, so you don't have to restart
a 24/7 database because you locked the superuser out.