Re: Logical replication subscription owner

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, chris+postgresql(at)qwirx(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Logical replication subscription owner
Date: 2020-05-08 05:02:11
Message-ID: 20200508050211.GA6945@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2020-May-07, Tom Lane wrote:

> FWIW, I would argue that LOGIN permits logging in on a regular SQL
> connection, while REPLICATION should permit logging in on a
> replication connection, and there's no reason for either to depend on
> or require the other.

I agree with this.

> >> Also- what about per-database connections? Does having REPLICATION mean
> >> you get to override the CONNECT privileges on a database, if you're
> >> connecting for the purposes of doing logical replication?
>
> No, why would it? Should LOGIN privilege mean you can override
> CONNECT? That's nonsense. You need the respective privilege
> to connect with the protocol you want to connect with, and you
> also need CONNECT on the DB you want to connect to.

And this.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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