Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> I am tempted to apply this.  This is the second person who asked for
> binding to a single port.  The patch looks quite complete, with doc
> changes.  It appears to be a thorough job.

A cursory inspection makes it look like the socket file can be placed
_anywhere_ -- even under a chroot jail.  This would make more than one
person's day, Bruce.  This would allow a chrooted webserver to connect
to a postmaster outside the jail -- while not terribly appealing from a
security standpoint (as any pipe out of a jail could be exploited), it
IS appealing when you need more than one chrooted webserver (doing
virtual hosting) to connect ot a common database (for hosting-site-wide
services).

If this patch passes muster (muster pass Tom Lane's eyes), and you feel
comfortable with it, I don't see why not -- this might not be a major
feature, but it IS a nice one, IMHO.

Now, if I'm wrong about the placement of the socket, well, I'm just
wrong -- but the vhosting feature is still nice.

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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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