Re: Possible make_oidjoins_check Security Issue

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: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Possible make_oidjoins_check Security Issue
Date: 2004-10-26 14:58:47
Message-ID: 8526.1098802727@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I believe the proper way to handle this is a new directory under /tmp.

It's definitely not worth the trouble. I looked at what configure does
to make /tmp subdirectories portably, and it is spectacularly ugly
(not to mention long). If make_oidjoins_check were a user-facing tool
that would be one thing, but it isn't ...

regards, tom lane

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