Re: Open 7.3 items

OK, what I didn't want to do we to over-complexify something that is for
only a few users.  In a way that user has to be special for this case
because of the requirement that at least one person be able to connect
when you flip that flag.

Also, I don't want to add a column to pg_shadow.  Seems like overkill.

Please suggest another name for the file.

Basically, I am not going to stop working on something when one person
objects or this will never get done, and I think we have had enough
feedback on this that people do want this done.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > I had to add to initdb to create a file /data/PG_INSTALLER and have the
> > postmaster read that on startup to determine the installing user.
> 
> I object to treating one user specially.  There should be a general
> mechanism, such as a separate column in pg_shadow.
> 
> I also object to fixing the name during initdb.  We just got rid of that
> requirement.
> 
> If it mattered, I would also object to the choice of the file name.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
> 
> 

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