Re: plpgsql by default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: plpgsql by default
Date
Msg-id 1144796480.13511.26.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: plpgsql by default  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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> That's a fair point.
> 
> Perhaps a compromise would be to enable pl/pgsql by default, but not
> grant the USAGE privilege on it. This would allow superusers to define
> pl/pgsql functions without taking any additional steps. Non-superusers
> could be given access to pl/pgsql via a simple GRANT -- either for all
> users via GRANT TO PUBLIC, or on a more granular basis as desired. This
> would lower the barrier to using pl/pgsql by a fairly significant
> margin, but not cause any additional security exposure that I can see.

That seems reasonable.

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> -Neil
> 
> 
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