On 6/13/17 18:11, Stephen Frost wrote: >> Let's see a proposal in those terms then. How easy can you make it, >> compared to existing OS-level solutions, and will that justify the >> maintenance overhead? > From the original post on this thread, which included a WIP patch: > > ---------------------------------- > Usage > ===== > > Set up database like so: > > (read -sp "Postgres passphrase: " PGENCRYPTIONKEY; echo; > export PGENCRYPTIONKEY > initdb -k -K pgcrypto $PGDATA ) > > Start PostgreSQL: > > (read -sp "Postgres passphrase: " PGENCRYPTIONKEY; echo; > export PGENCRYPTIONKEY > postgres $PGDATA ) > ----------------------------------
Relying on environment variables is clearly pretty crappy. So if that's the proposal, then I think it needs to be better. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, 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
