Re: Open 7.3 items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Open 7.3 items
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Msg-id 14167.1030486227@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Open 7.3 items  (Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
Responses Re: Open 7.3 items  (Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
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Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> This should cause no problem, because we have no
> cross-database communication; it should be impossible for "george@dummy"
> to have any connection with database "test".

Not so; you need look no further than the owner column of pg_database
to find a case where people can see usernames that might be local to
other databases.  Group membership lists might well contain users
from multiple databases, too.
        regards, tom lane


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