Re: public schema default ACL

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: public schema default ACL
Date: 2020-11-02 10:51:28
Message-ID: acc9d639-d329-7cfd-edf1-196a51e264df@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2020-10-31 17:35, Noah Misch wrote:
> Overall, that's 3.2 votes for (b)(3)(X) and 0.0 to 1.0 votes for changing
> nothing. That suffices to proceed with (b)(3)(X). However, given the few
> votes and the conspicuous non-responses, work in this area has a high risk of
> failure. Hence, I will place it at a low-priority position in my queue.

My vote would also be (b)(3)(X). Allowing the database owner to manage
the public schema within their database makes a lot of sense,
independent of any overarching goals.

I'm not convinced, however, that this would would really move the needle
in terms of the general security-uneasiness about the public schema and
search paths. AFAICT, in any of your proposals, the default would still
be to have the public schema world-writable and in the path.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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