Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8A1650411 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:39:32 -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 52840-03-4 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:39:24 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from svr2.hagander.net (svr2.hagander.net [88.198.128.226]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1946650436 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:38:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from dynamic.hagander.net ([127.0.0.1]) (encrypted and authenticated) by svr2.hagander.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E20BDCC904; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:38:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mha-laptop.hagander.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03F0124246; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:38:29 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48A9DDC5.2000302@hagander.net> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:38:29 +0200 From: Magnus Hagander User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Page CC: Gregory Stark , josh@agliodbs.com, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS References: <7473.1212625397@sss.pgh.pa.us> <87y72u178j.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> <200808181235.29983.josh@agliodbs.com> <87tzdi14qn.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> <937d27e10808181255sab0a5ecuf3087521a0eeccd5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <937d27e10808181255sab0a5ecuf3087521a0eeccd5@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 200808/764 X-Sequence-Number: 122518 Dave Page wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Gregory Stark wrote: >> 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. > > Which pgAdmin has done perfectly well for years, as long as the config > is all in one file. I'll argue it's not done it perfectly well (it's not particularly user-friendly), but it has certainly *done* it... //Magnus