Re: pgsql/ oc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml r ...

Tom Lane writes:

> Accept SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT and RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION
> to reset session userid to the originally-authenticated name. Also,
> relax SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION to allow specifying one's own username
> even if one is not superuser, so as to avoid unnecessary error messages
> when loading a pg_dump file that uses this command. Per discussion from
> several months ago.

I noticed you added SHOW SESSION AUTHORIZATION here as showing the
SESSION_USER. I don't think this makes sense, because SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION is not the same as setting the session user only. Also, in
response to your comment, no, I don't think RESET all should reset the
session user. I think it would be better to treat SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION separately from the other SET commands, since it behaves
differently in effect and privileges.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net