On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> It might be possible to do something with a flat file as an intermediary
> between the postmaster and the tables that are the master data. We
> already do this for pg_shadow passwords, and I've been thinking of
> proposing that we add a flat file for the database name -> OID mapping
> so we could get rid of the horrid hack that is GetRawDatabaseInfo().
> Per-database flat files would be a bit messy though.
The ability to manipulate pg_hba via interfaces stuck as phpPgAdmin and
PgAdmin would definitely be a plus, even if it just results in something
like pg_shadow ... in an ISP environment, pg_hba is about the only
'hassle' that I think really exists ...
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