Re: restrict pg_stat_ssl to superuser?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: restrict pg_stat_ssl to superuser?
Date: 2019-02-19 17:44:51
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZBAYK8DH6bgY24-ZuqnbqcOwQR95YK2kWUqhEAEQ1cEQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 3:30 AM Peter Eisentraut
<peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> As discussed in [0], should we restrict access to pg_stat_ssl to
> superusers (and an appropriate pg_ role)?
>
> If so, is there anything in that view that should be made available to
> non-superusers? If not, then we could perhaps do this via a simple
> permission change instead of going the route of blanking out individual
> columns.

Shouldn't unprivileged users be able to see their own entries, or
entries for roles which they could assume via SET ROLE?

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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