Re: Permissions for large-object comments

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, Shane Wegner <shane(at)cm(dot)nu>
Subject: Re: Permissions for large-object comments
Date: 2001-08-25 00:45:40
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0108250241590.677-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> Shane Wegner <shane(at)cm(dot)nu> writes:
> > test=> \lo_unlink 89803
> > ERROR: pg_description: Permission denied.
>
> Hmm. Maybe those client-side comment manipulations in psql aren't
> such a hot idea. I know I never tested them as non-superuser :-(

:-(

> Shane, try that from a superuser Postgres userid. Meanwhile,
> it's back to the drawing board for us.

I'm not sure about the future of the large objects, so I'm less eager to
invent a new mechanism. I'm open to ideas, however.

--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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