On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > On sön, 2011-01-30 at 15:03 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Steve Singer >> <ssinger...@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> > If my connection is authorized through a line in pg_hba that uses >> > client_hostname then the column shows what I expect even with >> log_hostname >> > set to off. >> > >> > However if I connect with a line in pg_hba that matches on an IP >> network >> > then my client_hostname is always null unless log_hostname is set to >> true. >> > This is consistent with the behavior you describe but I think the >> average >> > user will find it a bit confusing. >> >> I agree. I'm not sure there's enough value to this feature to warrant >> the amount of user confusion this is likely to produce. > > What alternative behavior would you suggest?
I don't know. As I said in my previous email, I'd either (a) forget the whole thing or (b) make sure that the documentation is *extremely* explicit about what the behavior is. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
