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