missing 7.3.1 pg_hba.conf examples

Started by Ed L.over 23 years ago3 messagesgeneral
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#1Ed L.
pggeneral@bluepolka.net

I was a bit disappointed to see the handy example pg_hba.conf
configurations go away in 7.3.1 for a leaner-but-less-helpful set of
comments. I hope some examples make their way back into that file
since that is precisely where one needs to see them in the normal
course of DBA events in my experience.

Ed

#2Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Ed L. (#1)
Re: missing 7.3.1 pg_hba.conf examples

Ed L. wrote:

I was a bit disappointed to see the handy example pg_hba.conf
configurations go away in 7.3.1 for a leaner-but-less-helpful set of
comments. I hope some examples make their way back into that file
since that is precisely where one needs to see them in the normal
course of DBA events in my experience.

Yes, we discussed the idea of removing them. I think some folks wanted
a smaller file that was easier to manage, and wanted to put that stuff
into the official docs.

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#3scott.marlowe
scott.marlowe@ihs.com
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#2)
Re: missing 7.3.1 pg_hba.conf examples

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

Ed L. wrote:

I was a bit disappointed to see the handy example pg_hba.conf
configurations go away in 7.3.1 for a leaner-but-less-helpful set of
comments. I hope some examples make their way back into that file
since that is precisely where one needs to see them in the normal
course of DBA events in my experience.

Yes, we discussed the idea of removing them. I think some folks wanted
a smaller file that was easier to manage, and wanted to put that stuff
into the official docs.

Unless you're transferring it on a 14.4k modem (I've done it, recently.
;^) I wouldn't expect the size of the pg_hba.conf file to be a major
issue. I like the old way better too. At the least there should be an
example line for each major configuration option in the .conf file.

It's way easier to cut and paste the examples in the same file than it is
to cut and paste from the docs into the .conf file.