Thread: RE: [QUESTIONS] Permissions to external functions

RE: [QUESTIONS] Permissions to external functions

From
"Jackson, DeJuan"
Date:
> Hi !
> Does anybody know, if there are any way to grant to user permissions
> to
> create 'C' function ? Psql says that only postgres can do that ....
I think it means what it says.
        -DEJ

> Thanx & Wishes !
> ---------------------------
> Sergei Chernev
> Internet: ser@nsu.ru
> Phone: +7-3832-397354
>

Re: [HACKERS] RE: [QUESTIONS] Permissions to external functions

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
>
> > Hi !
> > Does anybody know, if there are any way to grant to user permissions
> > to
> > create 'C' function ? Psql says that only postgres can do that ....
> I think it means what it says.
>         -DEJ

Yep, it is a security thing because a C function can bypass permission
restrictions.


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