Re: [HACKERS] postgres_fdw super user checks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [HACKERS] postgres_fdw super user checks
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Msg-id CA+TgmoaQ9pwCZfdbvkZwhooNNAuaDJeQBmgmnDvrWbh1fHEPTw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] postgres_fdw super user checks  (Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com>)
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Re: [HACKERS] postgres_fdw super user checks
Re: [HACKERS] postgres_fdw super user checks
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On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> I think the real behaviour can be described as something like this:
>
> "Only superusers may connect to foreign servers without password
> authentication, so always specify the <literal>password</literal>
> option for user mappings that may be used by non-superusers." But
> which user mappings may be used by non-superusers can not be defined
> without explaining views owned by superusers. I don't think we should
> be talking about views in that part of documentation.

Well, if we don't, then I'm not sure we can really make this clear.

Anyhow, I've committed the patch to master for now; we can keep
arguing about what, if anything, to do for back-branch documentation.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


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