| From: | Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Server-side base backup: why superuser, not pg_write_server_files? |
| Date: | 2022-01-28 17:15:59 |
| Message-ID: | 875yq3233k.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org |
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Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> writes:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 5:58 AM Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
>> <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> wrote:
>>> I just noticed that the new server-side base backup feature requires
>>> superuser privileges (which is only documented in the pg_basebackup
>>> manual, not in the streaming replication protocol specification).
>>>
>>> Isn't this the kind of thing the pg_write_server_files role was created
>>> for, so that it can be delegated to a non-superuser?
>>
>> That's a good idea. I didn't think of that. Would you like to propose a patch?
>
> Sure, I'll try and whip something up over the weekend.
Or now. Patch attached.
- ilmari
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| 0001-Allow-BASE_BACKUP-TARGET-server-to-pg_write_server_f.patch | text/x-diff | 2.9 KB |
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