RE: Permissions on CHECKPOINT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> Actually, I think a more interesting question is "should CHECKPOINT
> have permission restrictions?  If so, what should they be?"
> 
> A quite relevant precedent is that Unix systems (at least the ones
> I've used) do not restrict who can call sync().

Checkpoints 1. affect entire system, 2. increase log output and
3. it's hard operation. Command itself was added mostly for debug
purposes.

Vadim