On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:02 PM Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> How do you feel about at least allowing the functions to execute (and
> if it's SECURITY INVOKER, possibly encountering a permissions failure
> during execution)?
I think we'd at least need to check that the view owner has execute
permission on the function. I'm not sure whether there are any other
gotchas.
> There are of course security implications with any change like that,
> but it seems like a fairly minor one unless I'm missing something. Why
> would an admin give someone the privileges to read a view if it will
> always fail due to lack of execute privilege?
An excellent question.
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Robert Haas
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