| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: superusers are members of all roles? |
| Date: | 2011-04-07 03:54:45 |
| Message-ID: | BANLkTi=StxfiyNxwFPRasGs92P=33ymXqA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> * Andrew Dunstan (andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net) wrote:
>> The surprising (to me) consequence was that every superuser was
>> locked out of the system. I had not granted them (or anyone) the
>> role, but nevertheless these lines took effect.
>
> As I recall, the way we allow superusers to set role to other roles is
> by considering the superuser to be a member of every role. Now, I agree
> that such an approach doesn't make sense for pg_hba consideration.
See bug #5763, and subsequent emails. Short version: Tom argued it
wasn't a bug; Peter and I felt that it was.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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