Re: dividing privileges for replication role. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: dividing privileges for replication role.
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Msg-id 50FCA08F.8000801@agliodbs.com
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In response to dividing privileges for replication role.  (Tomonari Katsumata <t.katsumata1122@gmail.com>)
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Katsumata-san,

> In this patch, I made below.
> a) adding new privileges for replication:"MASTER REPLICATION" and "CASCADE
> REPLICATION"
>    "MASTER REPLICATION":  Replication-connection to master server is only
> allowed
>    "CASCADE REPLICATION": Replication-connection to cascade server is only
> allowed
>    ("REPLICATION" already implemented means replication-connection to both
> servers is allowed)

This seems to me a case of making things more complicated for everyone
in order to satisfy a very narrow use-case.  It certainly doesn't seem
to me to do anything about the "accidental cycle" issue.  Am I missing
something?

-- 
Josh Berkus
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