Re: Problem with recent permission changes commits - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Problem with recent permission changes commits
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Msg-id 46D2EE1E.8040203@commandprompt.com
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In response to Problem with recent permission changes commits  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just saw this in the weekly news:
> 
> Restrict pg_relation_size to relation owner, pg_database_size to DB
> owner, and pg_tablespace_size to superusers.  Perhaps we could
> weaken the first case to just require SELECT privilege, but that
> doesn't work for the other cases, so use ownership as the common
> concept.
> 
> This is a problem. Our analytics software purposefully does not use a
> super user, you are going to force the use of superusers with admin and
> monitoring tools.
> 
> Of course this may be m00t if I am able to modify the GRANT?

Please forgive the use of 00 I have zero idea where that came from.

Joshua D. Drake

> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Joshua D. Drake
> 
> 

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