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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: "pg_xxx" role name restriction not applied to bootstrap superuser?
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Msg-id 18159.1462685426@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: "pg_xxx" role name restriction not applied to bootstrap superuser?  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: "pg_xxx" role name restriction not applied to bootstrap superuser?  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
Re: Re: "pg_xxx" role name restriction not applied to bootstrap superuser?  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
>> ... but I'm left with a policy question: should initdb disallow
>> bootstrap superuser names like "pg_xxx"?

> On the whole, I'd vote to treat the bootstrap user as a normal role and
> therefore have the same restriction in place for that user also.

If we're going to enforce such a restriction, I think it would be
a good thing for it to be in place in beta1.
        regards, tom lane

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