Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> I would argue that having the default permissions not allow postgres to edit it's own config files *except* for postgresql.auto.conf would be a better default than what we have now, but that's completely independent of the patch being discussed on this thread. (And FWIW also already solved on debian-based platforms for example, which but the main config files in /etc with postgres only having read permissions on them - and having the *packagers* adapt such things for their platforms in general seems like a better place).

I don't think that I agree that it's categorically better, but it
might be better for some people or in some circumstances. I very much
do agree that it's a packaging question rather than our job to sort
out.