Re: BUG #17062: Assert failed in RemoveRoleFromObjectPolicy() on DROP OWNED policy applied to duplicate role

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #17062: Assert failed in RemoveRoleFromObjectPolicy() on DROP OWNED policy applied to duplicate role
Date: 2021-06-18 20:00:02
Message-ID: 1285334.1624046402@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> Could you just set the policy to be granted to "only the bootstrap
> superuser" in that case? I mean as an implementation path for back
> branches; use NONE going forward. That would make the policy allow
> nobody who can't already access the record, instead of falling back to
> PUBLIC -- which I agree seems suboptimal security-wise.

That doesn't seem like a great solution --- it would produce very
confusing output from pg_dump for instance. In fact, I think it
breaks pg_dump for cases where the target DB has a different
bootstrap superuser name.

regards, tom lane

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