Re: Allow cluster owner to bypass authentication

Hi Peter,

On 12/27/19 3:22 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> 
>> I think it'd be great if this behavior could be implemented
>> within the notation, because we could then just set up a
>> non-empty default pg_ident.conf with useful behavioral
>> examples in the form of prefab maps.  In particular, we
>> should think about how hard it is to do "I want the default
>> behavior plus allow joe to connect as charlie".  If the
>> default is a one-liner that you can copy and add to,
>> that's a lot better than if you have to reverse-engineer
>> what to write.
> 
> This direction certainly sounds more appealing to me.

Any thoughts on the discussion between Stephen and Tom?

Regards,
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-David
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