Re: default pg_hba.conf tabulation

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 05:29:54PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > On 1/25/10 1:24 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > 2010/1/25 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>:
> > >> When editing pg_hba.conf, I often instinctively try to use tabs, only to
> > >> be slightly annoyed because that barely doesn't work out relative to the
> > >> default entries, because those are aligned at column 0, 8, 20, 32, 54:
> > >>
> > >> # TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD
> > >> host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          trust
> > >>
> > >> Would it be OK to alter that to something like 0, 8, 24, 40, 56:
> > >>
> > >> # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            CIDR-ADDRESS    METHOD
> > >> host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32    trust
> > > 
> > > Sounds good to me.
> > 
> > I can't see anyone objecting.
> 
> Can we also change the "USER" column heading to "ROLE"?

Does pg_hba.conf actually control any roles other than ones with
login?  If not, USER is clearer, at least to me.

Cheers,
David.
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