Re: SET ROLE x NO RESET - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: SET ROLE x NO RESET
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Msg-id CA+TgmoYtfNC+ZqthO0naskxG+WnN71=0xQGcC++Y+Y8Czadktg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: SET ROLE x NO RESET  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
Responses Re: SET ROLE x NO RESET
Re: SET ROLE x NO RESET
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 2:20 PM Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> On 12/30/23 17:19, Michał Kłeczek wrote:
> >> On 30 Dec 2023, at 17:16, Eric Hanson <eric@aquameta.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> What do you think of adding a NO RESET option to the SET ROLE command?
> >
> > What I proposed some time ago is SET ROLE … GUARDED BY ‘password’, so
> > that you could later: RESET ROLE WITH ‘password'
>
> I like that too, but see it as a separate feature. FWIW that is also
> supported by the set_user extension referenced elsewhere on this thread.

IMHO, the best solution here would be a protocol message to change the
session user. The pooler could use that repeatedly on the same
session, but refuse to propagate such messages from client
connections.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com



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