> Last I knew (which was a while back),
Yes, I didn't want to say anything for sure, but I have similar
memories on Windows a while ago. I don't know anything for sure about
today, and especially on Linux, but delegating things to another
process seems to be a safer approach to me.
> [checks] Ah, it does prohibit those. Why?
Mainly because I couldn't decide where it should fit if the variable
is set at multiple places (or if we need multiple sources like
PGC_S_DATABASE_USER).
* A hba line can be completely generic, which should be above DATABASE
(ALTER DATABASE setting should override HBA setting, as it is more
specific)
* Or very specific about one user in one database using a specific
authentication method, which should be below DATABASE_USER as it is
more specific. (hba setting should override ALTER USER ... IN DATABASE
setting)
The first choice seems more logical to me, as that's how pg_hba is
usually used, but I thought this could still be confusing.
