Re: AW: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c)

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jwieck(at)debis(dot)com
Cc: Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] Solution to the pg_user passwd problem !?? (c)
Date: 1998-02-19 16:31:26
Message-ID: 199802191631.LAA28907@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> >
> > >
> > > The command
> > > copy pg_user to stdout;
> > >
> > > will also show the cleartext password and I think it is hard to do a rewrite
> > > here,
> > > since this would also affect the pg_dump ?
> > >
> > > * Teardrops keep falling on my head ... * :-(
> >
> > It was brilliant, even if it doesn't fully solve the problem.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Momjian
> > maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
> >
>
> Not only that it was brilliant - as stated in my last post it
> also showed that there is a bug in the rewrite system that
> must get fixed so we can use views in INSERT...SELECT!
> Please add this to the TODO.
>
> For the pg_user permission problem I can think about another
> solution. It's a feature still on my personal wishlist -
> setuid views.

Added to TODO:

* Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... FROM view to work

We already had:

* Allow VIEW permissions to be set separately from the underlying tables

--
Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us

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