Re: Suggestion for pgAgent - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Suggestion for pgAgent
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Msg-id 937d27e10911162038k3c0dc223u9ede968e7d18923c@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Suggestion for pgAgent  ("Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>)
Responses Re: Suggestion for pgAgent
List pgadmin-hackers
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at> wrote:
> Dear hackers,
>
> I asked this question on pgadmin-general before, and
> there was no reply. Maybe this list is more appropriate.
>
> When you configure an SQL job step, you can configure a database
> on which the script should run, but you cannot specify a database user.
>
> I'd like to define schedules for various database users, and
> while it would be possible to work around the limitation by
> writing some wrapper functions in the database, the best thing
> from my perspective would be to enhance pgAgent (and pgAdmin III)
> to support a database user that pgAgent uses to connect to
> execute a certain job step.
>
> Is that an option? I think it would be a valuable addition,
> and it would alleviate one of the "security concerns" stated
> in the documentation.

Sure, it's definitely an option - provided it can be done in a secure
way. Want to work on it?


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Dave Page
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