Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was going to suggest 'data_dir' but I see 'directory' is fully spelled
> out in all other GUC variables in postgresql.conf, so let's use
> 'data_directory'.
Done.
regards, tom lane
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> As of CVS tip, if you are using the config-file-location-changing
> >> features, anybody can find out the data directory location via
> >> "show pgdata";
>
> > Btw., couldn't we come up with a more descriptive
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> As of CVS tip, if you are using the config-file-location-changing
>> features, anybody can find out the data directory location via
>> "show pgdata";
> Btw., couldn't we come up with a more descriptive parameter name than
> "pgdata
Tom Lane wrote:
> As of CVS tip, if you are using the config-file-location-changing
> features, anybody can find out the data directory location via
> "show pgdata";
Btw., couldn't we come up with a more descriptive parameter name than
"pgdata"?
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.o
"Zeugswetter Andreas DAZ SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Good point. Should we obscure pg_tablespace similarly to
>> what we do for pg_shadow?
> Hmm, I can not see how a person with file access could not easily find the
> file for a specific table without pg_tablespace anyway (since oid name
> > If they are using tablespaces is it OK that anyone can see their
> > location?
>
> Good point. Should we obscure pg_tablespace similarly to
> what we do for pg_shadow?
Hmm, I can not see how a person with file access could not easily find the
file for a specific table without pg_tablespac
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Good point. Should we obscure pg_tablespace similarly to what we do for
>> pg_shadow?
> Well, if we feel file locations are better left only visible to
> super-users, we should. However, when managing disk space, aren't
> normal users also often inter
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > If they are using tablespaces is it OK that anyone can see their
> > location?
>
> Good point. Should we obscure pg_tablespace similarly to what we do for
> pg_shadow?
Well, if we feel file locations are better left only visible to
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If they are using tablespaces is it OK that anyone can see their
> location?
Good point. Should we obscure pg_tablespace similarly to what we do for
pg_shadow?
regards, tom lane
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >
> >I am sort of on the fence about this. I am thinking that it would be
> >good to expose this information, but *only* to superusers. It would not
> >take much code to add a GUC variable flag bit that prevents
> >non-superusers from examining t
Tom Lane wrote:
I am sort of on the fence about this. I am thinking that it would be
good to expose this information, but *only* to superusers. It would not
take much code to add a GUC variable flag bit that prevents
non-superusers from examining the value of the GUC variable, and only a
little
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