Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1704) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1704)
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Msg-id 26232.1236688517@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1704)  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> If we drop the goal of trying to restrict what a superuser can do, is 
> the patch still useful?

> One idea is to add a single "is superuser" permission to sepgsql.

The agreement back in January was that what we'd consider for 8.4 is
a patch that adds SELinux-driven enforcement of permissions checks
that already exist in Postgres.  Allowing the above seems to me to
fit within that charter, but this other stuff definitely doesn't.
        regards, tom lane


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