Re: pgsql: Update for roles: < * Allow limits on per-db/user connections >

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Update for roles: < * Allow limits on per-db/user connections >
Date: 2005-07-01 19:40:57
Message-ID: 20806.1120246857@sss.pgh.pa.us
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momjian(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> < * Prevent default re-use of sysids for dropped users and roles
> <
> < Currently, if a user is removed while he still owns objects, a new
> < user given might be given their user id and inherit the
> < previous users objects.
> <

It's a bit premature to declare victory on that front. If Alvaro
doesn't finish the shared-dependencies patch in time, we are going
to have to continue the old kluge of letting people assign a sysid
(which would now be interpreted as assigning an OID). Otherwise
there's no way to recover fully from dropping a user who still owns
objects.

regards, tom lane

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