Oh no! Jelte, I'm so sorry ... I spelled your name wrong in this commit message. :-(
Please accept my apologies. ...Robert On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 8:45 AM Robert Haas <rh...@postgresql.org> wrote: > > Add allow_alter_system GUC. > > This is marked PGC_SIGHUP, so it can only be set in a configuration > file, not anywhere else; and it is also marked GUC_DISALLOW_IN_AUTO_FILE, > so it can't be set using ALTER SYSTEM. When set to false, the > ALTER SYSTEM command is disallowed. > > There was considerable concern that this would be misinterpreted as > a security feature, which it is not, because a determined superuser > has various ways of bypassing it. Hence, a lot of work has gone into > wordsmithing the documentation, in the hopes of avoiding any such > confusion. > > Jelte Fennemia-Nio and Gabriele Bartolini, with wording suggestions > for the documentation from many others. > > Discussion: > http://postgr.es/m/CA%2BVUV5rEKt2%2BCdC_KUaPoihMu%2Bi5ChT4WVNTr4CD5-xXZUfuQw%40mail.gmail.com > > Branch > ------ > master > > Details > ------- > https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/d3ae2a24f265a028f4b9e8df79ea7b075c6cf016 > > Modified Files > -------------- > doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_system.sgml | 8 +++++ > src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 5 +++ > src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c | 17 +++++++++ > src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample | 1 + > src/include/utils/guc.h | 1 + > 6 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com