Re: Setuid functions

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Setuid functions
Date: 2001-06-25 13:15:04
Message-ID: 200106251315.f5PDF4v08038@jupiter.us.greatbridge.com
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Philip Warner wrote:
> At 13:28 24/06/01 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >
> >If someone wants to implement them, be my guest. I originally needed them
> >for fixing the RI permission problems, but they couldn't be used for that
> >after all.
> >
>
> They were part of a larger permissions overhaul that Jan proposed - IIRC,
> at the time you objected, citing your prior proposal. Are you now saying
> you are happy with Jan's original proposal? Or just the setuid functions?

More a bunch of ideas instead of a fully thought through
proposal. But IIRC we wanted to attack the overhaul of the
access control system while doing schemas - no?

Jan

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