Re: Allow file inclusion in pg_hba and pg_ident files

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>
Cc: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Date: 2022-07-26T05:14:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 01:04:02PM +0800, Julien Rouhaud wrote:
> It doesn't have much impact most of the time.  The filename is reported if
> there's an IO error while reading the already opened correct file.  The real
> problem is if the hba_file and ident_file are stored in different directory,
> any secondary file (@filename) in the pg_ident.conf would be searched in the
> wrong directory.  With the pending file inclusion patchset, the problem is
> immediately visible as the view is reporting the wrong file name.

Oops, obviously.  I'll go and fix that as that's on me.

> Simple fix attached.  I'll add a v15 open item shortly.

Thanks.  Better not to lose track of it.
--
Michael

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