Re: Multi-tenancy with RLS

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Multi-tenancy with RLS
Date: 2016-01-15 16:45:29
Message-ID: 22059.1452876329@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>> Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
>>> I don't follow how this would destroy the ability to run pg_dump.
>>> Ideally, we'd have a result where a user could run pg_dump without
>>> having to apply any filters of their own and they'd get a dump of all
>>> objects they're allowed to see.

>> You mean, other than the fact that pg_dump sets row_security = off
>> to ensure that what it's seeing *isn't* filtered.

> There's a specific option to turn it back on already though.

Whereupon you'd have no certainty that what you got represented a
complete dump of your own data.

regards, tom lane

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