| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Amit kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 9.2RC1 wraps this Thursday ... |
| Date: | 2012-08-26 20:31:24 |
| Message-ID: | 503A879C.6070703@dunslane.net |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On 08/26/2012 03:15 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> BTW, one idea that occurs to me is to bypass the problem by skipping
> the server's no-root-privileges check when the postmaster is given the
> -C switch. (This shouldn't pose a security hazard, since reading the
> config files is something a root-privileged caller could do anyway.)
> I don't immediately see a non-ugly way to do that in the current server
> code structure, but maybe somebody else will have an idea.
>
I had the same idea, and couldn't see a simple way to do it either. The
trouble is that the check_root() call comes too early for us to do it
cleanly. But I'll have another look.
cheers
andrew
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Tatsuo Ishii | 2012-08-26 23:25:30 | Re: 64-bit API for large object |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2012-08-26 19:15:56 | Re: 9.2RC1 wraps this Thursday ... |