Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 1:12 PM Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 13:05, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The purpose of the setting is to prevent <emphasis>accidental</emphasis> modifications via <literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> in environments where
>> The emphasis on 'accidental' seems a bit heavy here, and odd. Surely, just "to prevent modifications via ALTER SYSTEM in environments where..." is enough?
> Not necessarily disagreeing, but it's very important nobody ever mistake this for a security feature. I don't know if the extra word "accidental" is necessary, but I think that's the motivation.

I think the emphasis is entirely warranted in this case.