On 2014-05-16 18:20:35 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Joshua D. Drake > <j...@commandprompt.com>wrote: > > > At a minimum: > > > > Check to see if there is going to be a permission error BEFORE the base > > backup begins: > > > > starting basebackup: > > checking perms: ERROR no access to pg_hba.conf~ base backup will fail > > > That's pretty much what it does if you enable progress meter. I realize you > don't necessarily want that one, but we could have a switch that still > tells the server to measure the size, but not actually print the output? > While it costs a bit of overhead to do that, that's certainly something > that's a lot more safe than ignoring errors.
Don't think it'll show you that error - that mode only stats() files, right? So you'd need to add access() or open()s. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
