Re: [v9.1] Add security hook on initialization of instance
Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-06-14T11:01:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* KaiGai Kohei (kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com) wrote: > The attached patch tries to add one more security hook on the > initialization of PostgreSQL instance (InitPostgres()). > > It gives the external security module a chance to initialize itself, > and acquire credential of the client. > > I assumed the best place to initialize the module is just after the > initialize_acl() invocation, if ESP is available. > We have not discussed about this hook yet. So, I'd like to see any > comments. Aren't modules given a __PG_Init or something similar that they can define which will be called when the module is loaded..? Stephen