Re: A proposal for shared memory based backup infrastructure - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: A proposal for shared memory based backup infrastructure
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Msg-id CA+TgmoaU6ftky3HBn8bB747HzDXJAWMvHXpecgycgpn94a-UeQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: A proposal for shared memory based backup infrastructure  (mahendrakar s <mahendrakarforpg@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 2:54 AM mahendrakar s
<mahendrakarforpg@gmail.com> wrote:
> There might be security concerns if the backup started by one user can be stopped by another user.
> This is because the user who stops the backup will get the backup_label or table space map file contents of other
user.
> Isn't this a concern for non-exclusive backup?

This doesn't seem like a real problem. If you can take a backup,
you're already a highly-privileged user.

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



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