subject:"\[HACKERS\] global\\pg_auth"

Re: [HACKERS] global\pg_auth

2010-01-05 Thread Andres Freund

On Tuesday 05 January 2010 09:37:57 black light wrote: > Hi, > Why PG uses a flat file (global\pg_auth) for md5 authentication!? Is it > forced to do it instead of accessing relevant table is system catalog? It does not anymore: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=7b0a92a0b

[HACKERS] global\pg_auth

2010-01-05 Thread black light

Hi, Why PG uses a flat file (global\pg_auth) for md5 authentication!? Is it forced to do it instead of accessing relevant table is system catalog? Thanks - B. L.