On 2022-11-03 15:37:07 -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 11/3/22 14:49, Bryn Llewellyn wrote: > > So only "postgres" can edit the files that must be so edited. > > That is not true: > > aklaver@arkansas:~$ whoami > aklaver > > > aklaver@arkansas:~$ sudo vi /etc/postgresql/14/main/pg_hba.conf > [sudo] password for aklaver: > > which opens pg_hba.conf for editing.
Well, yes. Root can edit the file, too. But root can edit anything[1]. hp [1] Except ... lots of stuff, actually. -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | Story must make more sense than reality. |_|_) | | | | | h...@hjp.at | -- Charles Stross, "Creative writing __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | challenge!"
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