Re: pg_upgrade libraries check - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dimitri Fontaine
Subject Re: pg_upgrade libraries check
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Msg-id 871um3uzau.fsf@hi-media-techno.com
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In response to Re: pg_upgrade libraries check  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> is not going to happen.  Putting shared libraries into a
> postgres-writable directory will be seen (correctly) as a security hole
> of the first magnitude, not to mention that in many systems it'd require
> root privilege anyway to adjust the dynamic linker's search path.

It seems I keep forgetting about security concerns. Thanks for the
heads-up, will try to think about something else then. Damn.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr     PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support


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