Re: Non-superuser subscription owners

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Non-superuser subscription owners
Date: 2023-02-22 18:49:42
Message-ID: 885394f24ca2c9f0aa67687f66a876425e83288b.camel@j-davis.com
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On Wed, 2023-02-22 at 09:27 -0800, Mark Dilger wrote:
> Another option is to execute under the intersection of their
> privileges, where both the definer and the invoker need the
> privileges in order for the action to succeed.  That would be more
> permissive than the proposed SECURITY NONE, while still preventing
> either party from hijacking privileges of the other.

Interesting idea, I haven't heard of something like that being done
before. Is there some precedent for that or a use case where it's
helpful?

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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