| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | greatvovan(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: User mapping security |
| Date: | 2023-11-09 22:03:33 |
| Message-ID: | 1258588.1699567413@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 02:01:00AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
>> I suppose it should be warned on the pages that foreign credentials with be
>> stored as simple text and will be available for viewing in pg_user_mappings.
> I know this is four years old, but the attached patch documents it. I
> don't think postgresql-fdw needs it since it relies on user mapping and
> discourages passwords in the connection string.
This is far too alarmist. It ignores the privilege restrictions that
are built into the pg_user_mappings view. Random users can't see
umoptions.
regards, tom lane
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