Re: proposal: hide application_name from other users - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: proposal: hide application_name from other users
Date
Msg-id 3291.1390939829@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: proposal: hide application_name from other users  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> For example, I would really like to GRANT an unpriv user access to the
> WAL columns in pg_stat_replication so that I can monitor replication
> delay without granting superuser permissions.

Just out of curiosity, why is that superuser-only at all?  AFAICS the
hidden columns are just some LSNs ... what is the security argument
for hiding them in the first place?
        regards, tom lane



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