Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A22EF650366 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:56:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13129-01-2 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:56:28 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from davinci.ethosmedia.com (server227.ethosmedia.com [209.128.84.227]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40054650370 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:54:24 -0300 (ADT) X-EthosMedia-Virus-Scanned: no infections found Received: from temoku.sf.agliodbs.com (account josh@agliodbs.com [64.81.245.111] verified) by davinci.ethosmedia.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.6) with ESMTPSA id 17501217; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:54:37 -0700 From: Josh Berkus Reply-To: josh@agliodbs.com Organization: Aglio Database Solutions To: Gregory Stark Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:59:24 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org References: <7473.1212625397@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200808181235.29983.josh@agliodbs.com> <87tzdi14qn.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> In-Reply-To: <87tzdi14qn.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808181259.25320.josh@agliodbs.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200808/757 X-Sequence-Number: 122511 Greg, > The main problem that I've seen described is what I mentioned before: > allowing adjusting the postgresql.conf GUC settings by remote users who > don't have shell access. Oh, ok. I think we're in agreement, though. I don't think that's the *1st* problem to be solved, but it's definitely important. -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL San Francisco