Re: [PATCHES] .pgpass file and unix domain sockets

Uh, why wouldn't we allow "localhost" to match the default unix domain
socket name, as well as an empty hostname?  If you specify a non-default
location, you then have to specify the full path.

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> hackers - any opinions?
> 
> The biggest downside would be that a pgpass file would be version 
> specific for this feature. The badness of this is somewhat mitigated by 
> the ability we now have to specify an alternative pgpassfile location.
> 
> cheers
> 
> andrew
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     Re: [PATCHES] .pgpass file and unix domain sockets
> Date:     Tue, 16 May 2006 12:16:53 -0400
> From:     Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> To:     Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
> CC:     Joachim Wieland <joe@mcknight.de>, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
> References:     <20060516122554.GA4009@mcknight.de> 
> <11676.1147787022@sss.pgh.pa.us> <4469F499.1040002@dunslane.net> 
> <13302.1147795016@sss.pgh.pa.us> <4469FA5A.3090504@dunslane.net>
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Personally I wouldn't object to making it match "localhost" in all
> >> cases.  That's what the documentation says, and the use-case for
> >> doing something more complicated seems pretty thin.
> 
> > I almost agree. If anything, I'd prefer to provide for an explicit entry 
> > covering all Unix Domain sockets - it took me by some surprise to find a 
> > while back that "localhost" covers that case - it seems a mismatch with 
> > how pg_hba.conf works.
> 
> Well, that'd break existing .pgpass files (unless we match localhost
> too, which seems to defeat the purpose).  But maybe it's worth doing
> for consistency's sake.  I think we should bring it up on a more
> widely read list than -patches if you want to propose a
> non-backwards-compatible change ...
> 
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