Re: AW: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: AW: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c)
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Msg-id 199802191631.LAA28907@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: AW: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c)  (jwieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck))
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>
> >
> > >
> > > The command
> > > copy pg_user to stdout;
> > >
> > > will also show the cleartext password and I think it is hard to do a rewrite
> > > here,
> > > since this would also affect the pg_dump ?
> > >
> > > * Teardrops keep falling on my head ... *  :-(
> >
> > It was brilliant, even if it doesn't fully solve the problem.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Momjian
> > maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
> >
>
>     Not only that it was brilliant - as stated in my last post it
>     also showed that there is a bug in the  rewrite  system  that
>     must  get  fixed  so  we  can  use  views in INSERT...SELECT!
>     Please add this to the TODO.
>
>     For the pg_user permission problem I can think about  another
>     solution.  It's  a  feature  still  on my personal wishlist -
>     setuid views.

Added to TODO:

* Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... FROM view to work

We already had:

* Allow VIEW permissions to be set separately from the underlying tables

--
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us

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