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Re: Allow file inclusion in pg_hba and pg_ident files

Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>

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From: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Date: 2022-11-09T04:09:01Z
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Hi,

On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 09:51:17AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 10:04:16AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > CF bot unhappy as I have messed up with rules.out.  Rebased.  I have
> > removed the restriction on MAXPGPATH in AbsoluteConfigLocation() in
> > 0001, while on it.  The absolute paths built on GUC or ident
> > inclusions are the same.
>
> Rebased after 6bbd8b7g that is an equivalent of the previous 0001.

Thanks a lot!

> Julien, please note that this is waiting on author for now.  What do
> you think about the now-named v18-0001 and the addition of an
> ErrorContextCallback to provide more information about the list of
> included files on error?

Yes, I'm unfortunately fully aware that it's waiting on me.  I've been a bit
busy this week with $work but I will try to go back to it as soon as I can,
hopefully this week!

Commits

  1. Add TAP tests for include directives in HBA end ident files

  2. Introduce variables for initial and max nesting depth on configuration files

  3. Add support for file inclusions in HBA and ident configuration files

  4. Add missing initialization in tokenize_expand_file() for output list

  5. Rework memory contexts in charge of HBA/ident tokenization

  6. Add error context callback when tokenizing authentication files

  7. Invent open_auth_file() in hba.c to refactor authentication file opening

  8. Use AbsoluteConfigLocation() when building an included path in hba.c

  9. Move code related to configuration files in directories to new file

  10. doc: Fix some descriptions related to pg_ident_file_mappings

  11. Add rule_number to pg_hba_file_rules and map_number to pg_ident_file_mappings

  12. Refactor code handling the names of files loaded in hba.c

  13. Make consistent a couple of log messages when parsing HBA files

  14. Use hba_file/ident_file GUCs rather than pg_hba.conf/pg_ident.conf in logs

  15. Fix path reference when parsing pg_ident.conf for pg_ident_file_mappings

  16. Add system view pg_ident_file_mappings

  17. Modify query on pg_hba_file_rules to check for errors in regression tests

  18. Refactor code related to pg_hba_file_rules() into new file