Re: Permissions for large-object comments - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Permissions for large-object comments
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0108250241590.677-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Permissions for large-object comments  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Permissions for large-object comments
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Tom Lane writes:

> Shane Wegner <shane@cm.nu> writes:
> > test=> \lo_unlink 89803
> > ERROR:  pg_description: Permission denied.
>
> Hmm.  Maybe those client-side comment manipulations in psql aren't
> such a hot idea.  I know I never tested them as non-superuser :-(

:-(

> Shane, try that from a superuser Postgres userid.  Meanwhile,
> it's back to the drawing board for us.

I'm not sure about the future of the large objects, so I'm less eager to
invent a new mechanism.  I'm open to ideas, however.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter



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