Re: Connection limit and Superuser - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Connection limit and Superuser
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Msg-id 44CE21B2.4020904@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Connection limit and Superuser  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: Connection limit and Superuser  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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> 
> As a protection against malice, yes. I think Rod was more interested in 
> some protection against stupidity.
> 
> Maybe the real answer is that Slony should connect as a non-superuser 
> and call security definer functions for the privileged things it needs 
> to do.

Wouldn't that break Slony's ability to connect to older postgresql 
versions and replicate?

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> cheers
> 
> andrew
> 
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