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Add allow_alter_system GUC.
This is marked PGC_SIGHUP, so it can only be set in a configuration file, not anywhere else; and it is also marked GUC_DISALLOW_IN_AUTO_FILE, so it can't be set using ALTER SYSTEM. When set to false, the ALTER SYSTEM command is disallowed. There was considerable concern that this would be misinterpreted as a security feature, which it is not, because a determined superuser has various ways of bypassing it. Hence, a lot of work has gone into wordsmithing the documentation, in the hopes of avoiding any such confusion. Jelte Fennemia-Nio and Gabriele Bartolini, with wording suggestions for the documentation from many others. Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA%2BVUV5rEKt2%2BCdC_KUaPoihMu%2Bi5ChT4WVNTr4CD5-xXZUfuQw%40mail.gmail.com
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@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ ALTER SYSTEM RESET ALL
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<para>
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This command can't be used to set <xref linkend="guc-data-directory"/>,
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<xref linkend="guc-allow-alter-system"/>,
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nor parameters that are not allowed in <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
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(e.g., <link linkend="runtime-config-preset">preset options</link>).
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</para>
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@@ -111,6 +112,13 @@ ALTER SYSTEM RESET ALL
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<para>
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See <xref linkend="config-setting"/> for other ways to set the parameters.
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</para>
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<para>
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<literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> can be disabled by setting
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<xref linkend="guc-allow-alter-system"/> to <literal>off</literal>, but this
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is not a security mechanism (as explained in detail in the documentation for
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this parameter).
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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