Re: [HACKERS] Configure redux.

2004-05-12 Thread pgsql
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> They say the absolute path is a security issue, I honestly don't see how > > Because it allows someone with only CREATEDB privilege to tell the > backend to write anywhere (that it can write). That's an ability > that should be reserved to superusers. I guess I can

Re: [HACKERS] Configure redux.

2004-05-12 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > They say the absolute path is a security issue, I honestly don't see how Because it allows someone with only CREATEDB privilege to tell the backend to write anywhere (that it can write). That's an ability that should be reserved to superusers. The environment-variable

Re: [HACKERS] Configure redux.

2004-05-11 Thread pgsql
> WITH LOCATION would be great, That way you could distribute your > databases across multiple physical disks a lot easier than looking up > oid's > and moving the db after it's been created, mounting it over the top of the > cluster directory Actually "WITH LOCATION" already exists, but i