Re: BUG #5275: validate_exec in port/exec.c only reads u/g/o, not ACLs - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #5275: validate_exec in port/exec.c only reads u/g/o, not ACLs
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Msg-id 14691.1263444023@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #5275: validate_exec in port/exec.c only reads u/g/o, not ACLs  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> But we force those to be the same in main.c.  Anyway there are several
>> other uses of access() in the code ...

> Yea, I am not saying the text is right, but rather why it was not
> considered for use in that case.

Actually, since that code has been untouched since Berkeley days,
my bet is that we just never considered changing it at all.

            regards, tom lane

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