Re: config files in /data

> On Tue, 30 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > Seems we should have pg_hba.conf and other files in a separate
> > directory, not /data.
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> I still say that pg_hba.conf should be eliminated altogether, in favor of
> something that is modifiable by anyone that the supeuser gives permissions
> to create databases too ... what's the point of having that ability if you
> can't access the database after its created?
> 
> Seems kinda anti-friendly to the DBA to be able to have
> "sub-ordinates" that can create users and databases, but has to be bug'd
> in order to allow them to be accessed ...
> 
> pg_hba should become another system table that can be modified with simple
> SQL queries, and is modifiable (readable?) only by those with createdb
> privileges ...

And have it dump like pg_shadow.  Yea, I guess we could do that.

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