Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is the uptime kept internally anywhere? Or even the start time? > > No, and no (at least not in any globally accessible variable). > > > If it is, it would be quite trivial to provide access to it > > Not really --- in the EXEC_BACKEND case, we'd have to do something > explicit to pass the value down to backends. > > I'd like to see more than one person requesting this (and with solider > rationales) before it gets added to TODO. If I wanted to be picky I > would suggest that knowledge of the server start time might be useful > information to an attacker. It would for instance narrow down the > number of possible starting seeds for the postmaster's random number > generator.
I have already seen several people who are interested in it for adding it to TODO. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
