Re: Re: BUG #6264: Superuser does not have inherent Replication permission

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Keith Fiske <keith(at)omniti(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: BUG #6264: Superuser does not have inherent Replication permission
Date: 2011-10-28 14:03:30
Message-ID: 22153.1319810610@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> writes:
>>> I think we should merge #3 into #2; nothing about the REPLICATION setting
>>> justifies a distinct paradigm.

>> Yeah, there's much to be said for that. I thought the notion of a
>> privilege that superusers might not have was pretty bogus to start with.

> That seems fine for 9.2, but I am still not in favor of changing the
> behavior in back branches. This is not such a confusing behavior that
> we can't document our way out of it.

Agreed, changing it in a minor release would be a bad idea.

regards, tom lane

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