On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 01:23:36PM +0100, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote: > + <para> > + Turning this setting off is intended for environments where the > + configuration of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is managed by > + some external tool. > + In such environments, a well intentioned superuser might > + <emphasis>mistakenly</emphasis> use <command>ALTER SYSTEM</command> > + to change the configuration instead of using the external tool. > + This might result in unintended behavior, such as the external tool > + discarding the change at some later point in time when it updates the
"discarding" -> "overwriting" ? > + <para> > + <literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> can be disabled by setting > + <xref linkend="guc-allow-alter-system"/> to <literal>off</literal>, but > this > + is no security mechanism (as explained in detail in the documentation for "is no" -> "is not a" -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.