From: Alvaro Herrera on
Fujii Masao escribi�:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(a)commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > Dickson S. Guedes escribi�:
> >> Fujii Masao escreveu:
> >>> (...)
> >>>> Even if we need to have the database in real, I'd like to use another
> >>>> name for it. The name 'walsender' seems to be an internal module name
> >>>> but it should be a feature name (ex. 'replication').
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Agreed. The name 'replication' is more suitable, I also think.
> >>> Any other ideas?
> >>
> >> 'walsender' should be a schema in the 'replication' database. Other
> >> modules, in replication feature, could be placed there too.
> >
> > Hmm, what is this database there for?
>
> It's for authentication for replication. This was discussed before.
> Please see the following thread and feel free to comment.
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-11/msg00187.php

Hmm ... I think this means that the suggestion by Dickson does not make
much sense, right?

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From: "Fujii Masao" on
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(a)commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Fujii Masao escribió:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <alvherre(a)commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> > Dickson S. Guedes escribió:
>> >> Fujii Masao escreveu:
>> >>> (...)
>> >>>> Even if we need to have the database in real, I'd like to use another
>> >>>> name for it. The name 'walsender' seems to be an internal module name
>> >>>> but it should be a feature name (ex. 'replication').
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Agreed. The name 'replication' is more suitable, I also think.
>> >>> Any other ideas?
>> >>
>> >> 'walsender' should be a schema in the 'replication' database. Other
>> >> modules, in replication feature, could be placed there too.
>> >
>> > Hmm, what is this database there for?
>>
>> It's for authentication for replication. This was discussed before.
>> Please see the following thread and feel free to comment.
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-11/msg00187.php
>
> Hmm ... I think this means that the suggestion by Dickson does not make
> much sense, right?

Oh, I'm sorry!

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From: Heikki Linnakangas on
Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Fujii Masao escribi�:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <alvherre(a)commandprompt.com> wrote:
>>> Dickson S. Guedes escribi�:
>>>> Fujii Masao escreveu:
>>>>> (...)
>>>>>> Even if we need to have the database in real, I'd like to use another
>>>>>> name for it. The name 'walsender' seems to be an internal module name
>>>>>> but it should be a feature name (ex. 'replication').
>>>>>>
>>>>> Agreed. The name 'replication' is more suitable, I also think.
>>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>> 'walsender' should be a schema in the 'replication' database. Other
>>>> modules, in replication feature, could be placed there too.
>>> Hmm, what is this database there for?
>> It's for authentication for replication. This was discussed before.
>> Please see the following thread and feel free to comment.
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-11/msg00187.php
>
> Hmm ... I think this means that the suggestion by Dickson does not make
> much sense, right?

Right.

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From: David Fetter on
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:23:45PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Fujii Masao escribi�:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> > <alvherre(a)commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > > Dickson S. Guedes escribi�:
> > >> Fujii Masao escreveu:
> > >>> (...)
> > >>>> Even if we need to have the database in real, I'd like to use
> > >>>> another name for it. The name 'walsender' seems to be an
> > >>>> internal module name but it should be a feature name (ex.
> > >>>> 'replication').
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Agreed. The name 'replication' is more suitable, I also think.
> > >>> Any other ideas?
> > >>
> > >> 'walsender' should be a schema in the 'replication' database.
> > >> Other modules, in replication feature, could be placed there
> > >> too.
> > >
> > > Hmm, what is this database there for?
> >
> > It's for authentication for replication. This was discussed
> > before. Please see the following thread and feel free to comment.
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-11/msg00187.php
>
> Hmm ... I think this means that the suggestion by Dickson does not
> make much sense, right?

It sounds to me like this should use SQL/MED connections, if it's
holding auth information :)

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From: Heikki Linnakangas on
David Fetter wrote:
> It sounds to me like this should use SQL/MED connections, if it's
> holding auth information :)

No, the SQL/MED stuff holds authentication information to authenticate
to other data sources. This is about authentication of *incoming*
connections.

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