Re: pg_cancel_backend by non-superuser

On 01-10-2011 17:44, Daniel Farina wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> ISTM it would be reasonably non-controversial to allow users to issue
>> pg_cancel_backend against other sessions logged in as the same userID.
>> The question is whether to go further than that, and if so how much.
>
> In *every* case -- and there are many -- where we've had people
> express pain, this would have sufficed.
>
I see. What about passing this decision to DBA? I mean a GUC
can_cancel_session = user, dbowner (default is '' -- only superuser). You can
select one or both options. This GUC can only be changed by superuser.

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