Re: location of the configuration files

Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>mlw writes:
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>>AFAIK it wasn't actually done. It was more of a, "we should do something
>>different" argument. At one point it was talked about rewriting the
>>configuration system to allow "include" and other things.
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>The core of the problem was, and continues to be, this:  If you move
>postgresql.conf somewhere else, then someone else will also want to move
>pg_hba.conf and all the rest.  And that opens up a number of security and
>cumbersome-to-install problems.
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>Just having an option that says, the configuration file is "there", is a
>first step but not a complete solution.
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The location of pg_hba.conf and pg_ident.conf can be specified within 
the postgresql.conf file if desired.

I don't understand the security concerns, what security issues can there be?

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