Re: What is unsecure postgres languages? How to disable them?

From: "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
To: "dipti shah *EXTERN*" <shahdipti1980(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-novice" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: What is unsecure postgres languages? How to disable them?
Date: 2010-02-22 14:44:08
Message-ID: D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C20393818D@exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at
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dipti shah wrote:
> Could anyone please tell me what is unsecure postgres
> languages(like C, pgperl, pgpython??). How to disable them or
> restrict them only for super user?

I have never heard of "unsecure" languages - what exactly do you mean?

If you mean "untrusted" languages like PL/PerlU, they are not
installed by default *and* they are restricted to superusers.

You cannot disable C functions, but to define them you must also
have superuser privileges.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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