On 8/27/07, Albe Laurenz <all@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dawid Kuroczko wrote: > >>> Then again, apart from libpq I don't see it mentioned anywhere. > [...] > > Looking at the 8.3devel documentation... > > > > I think it should be mentioned in 18. Server Configuration. probably > > somewhere in 18.3 Connections and Authentication, that there is > > a possibility of using Service names instead of traditional connect > > strings -- and a link pointing to libpq-ldap documentation. > > This would make people much less likely to miss this point, especially > > if they don't plan to code in libpq C library. :-) > The server config options are not a good place. Which I do know, but it's just "if it were there, I would have spotted it much earlier" sort of argument. Incidentally, this is a question for people who have access to www access logs. Which sections of documentation have highest "hit rate"? My guess would be: Server Configuration and SQL Reference, but it would be interesting to see one. > But it could be mentioned in the 'psql' man page, under > 'Connection to a database': > > $ psql "service=myservice sslmode=require" I think it defenately should. > If there are no objections, I'd create a documentation patch for this. > > > And, while not belonging to PostgreSQL documentation, but defenately > > belonging iin techdocs, whould be a step-by-step guide of setting up > > pg_services in OID and other LDAP servers. Funny thing, I think I'll > > be looking at putting pg_services in OID as well. > > Hmm, a tutorial for configuring LDAP servers would be quite off topic. > I think that the examples in Section 30.15 are sufficient for somebody > who is familiar with LDAP. I have been playing with it for a few moments now. i think there should be mentioned in the documentation that pg_service.conf can also contain static "service definitions", and it also would be valuable to add into pg_service.conf.sample an example ldap:// stanza, so if person opens the file, she will be enlightened. And a missing feature. Or rather treat it as feature request. :-) A "wildcard entry". I would like to set my environment that, on each client I would put pg_service.conf having two and only two LDAP servers in it (second one for failover. I think the entry might look like: ### wildcard entry: [%] # or [*] ? ldap://ldap1.mycompany.com/dc=mycompany,dc=com?uniqueMember?one?(cn=%s) ldap://ldap2.mycompany.com/dc=mycompany,dc=com?uniqueMember?one?(cn=%s) Which, when given: psql "service = foobarbaz" ..would query ...?(cn=foobarbaz) Deploying a new database would be as simple as adding it into LDAP. Regards, Dawid ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
