Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT
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Msg-id 28767.980485705@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to RE: Permissions on CHECKPOINT  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Permissions on CHECKPOINT  ("Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Mikheev, Vadim writes:
>> Yes, there should be permission checking - I'll add it later (in 7.1)
>> if no one else.

> Should be simple enough.  Is this okay:

Actually, I think a more interesting question is "should CHECKPOINT
have permission restrictions?  If so, what should they be?"

A quite relevant precedent is that Unix systems (at least the ones
I've used) do not restrict who can call sync().
        regards, tom lane


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