Re: Questions about the new subscription parameter: password_required

Benoit Lobréau <benoit.lobreau@dalibo.com>

From: Benoit Lobréau <benoit.lobreau@dalibo.com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-10-13T09:18:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On 9/23/23 03:57, Jeff Davis wrote:
> IIUC there is really one use case here, which is for superuser to
> define a subscription including the connection, and then change the
> owner to a non-superuser to actually run it (without being able to
> touch the connection string itself). I'd just document that in its own
> section, and mention a few caveats / mistakes to avoid. For instance,
> when the superuser is defining the connection, don't forget to set
> password_required=false, so that when you reassign to a non-superuser
> then the connection doesn't break.

Hi,

I tried adding a section in "Logical Replication > Subscription" with 
the text you suggested and links in the CREATE / ALTER SUBSRIPTION commands.

Is it better ?

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