Re: BUG #5275: validate_exec in port/exec.c only reads u/g/o, not ACLs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: James Bellinger <jfb(at)zer7(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5275: validate_exec in port/exec.c only reads u/g/o, not ACLs
Date: 2010-01-14 04:40:23
Message-ID: 14691.1263444023@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> But we force those to be the same in main.c. Anyway there are several
>> other uses of access() in the code ...

> Yea, I am not saying the text is right, but rather why it was not
> considered for use in that case.

Actually, since that code has been untouched since Berkeley days,
my bet is that we just never considered changing it at all.

regards, tom lane

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