(2010/06/15 12:28), Tom Lane wrote: > KaiGai Kohei<kai...@ak.jp.nec.com> writes: >>>>> The attached patch tries to add one more security hook on the >>>>> initialization of PostgreSQL instance (InitPostgres()). > >>> Yeah, but so what? Stephen's point is still valid. > >> On the hook, I'd like to obtain security context of the client process >> which connected to the PostgreSQL instance. It is not available at the >> _PG_init() phase, because clients don't connect yet. > > InitPostgres is called by a number of process types that don't *have* > clients. I concur with the other opinions that this hook is badly > thought out. > I intended to skip it when InitPostgres() is called without clients.
For example, the hook might be better to put on PerformAuthentication() for more clarification of the purpose. Thanks, -- KaiGai Kohei <kai...@ak.jp.nec.com> -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
