| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(dot)hagander(at)redpill-linpro(dot)com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m(dot)sakrejda(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM` |
| Date: | 2024-03-27 17:34:57 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwa=prtqX0cNzLbeQMqskVxX2P8pmXuc=eR9uYfaAzVxdw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:12 AM Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 13:05, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> The purpose of the setting is to prevent <emphasis>accidental</emphasis>
>>> modifications via <literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> in environments where
>>
>>
>> The emphasis on 'accidental' seems a bit heavy here, and odd. Surely,
>> just "to prevent modifications via ALTER SYSTEM in environments where..."
>> is enough?
>>
>
> Not necessarily disagreeing, but it's very important nobody ever mistake
> this for a security feature. I don't know if the extra word "accidental" is
> necessary, but I think that's the motivation.
>
Prevent non-malicious modifications via ALTER SYSTEM in environments where
...
David J.
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