Re: ALTER SYSTEM vs symlink

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that is the sensible way to deal with this and any other such
> parameters.  We already have a way to disallow setting of individual
> parameters (GUC_DISALLOW_IN_AUTO_FILE) via Alter System.
> Currently we disallow to set data_directory via this mechanism and I think
> we can do the same for other parameters if required.  Do you think we
> should do some investigation/analysis about un-safe parameters rather
> then doing it in retail fashion?

-1.

This was discussed before, and I feel about it now the same way I felt
about it then: disallowing all GUCs that could potentially cause the
server not to start would make ALTER SYSTEM a whole lot less useful.

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