Re: pageinspect some function no need superuser priv

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pageinspect some function no need superuser priv
Date: 2025-10-14 15:51:51
Message-ID: aO5xl2ZVKgNuN8uQ@nathan
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On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 10:29:39AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Yeah, I do not think it follows that being table owner should
> entitle you to such low-level access. I'm inclined to reject
> this proposal.

-1 here, too. IMHO all of pageinspect should remain superuser-only since
it is meant for development/debugging. The proposal doesn't describe a
use-case for the relaxed privileges, either.

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nathan

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