| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Pollard, Mike" <mpollard(at)cincom(dot)com>, eric(dot)leguillier(at)mpsa(dot)com, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Running PostGre on DVD |
| Date: | 2005-11-15 14:37:04 |
| Message-ID: | 10463.1132065424@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>> To be honest, the fact that Postgres forces you to run as a
>> non-admin user has given me nothing but headaches. (yes, I
>> know, the problem is defaulting everyone to admin rights is
>> the problem. But that's where I am). I have been kicking
>> around the idea of posting a change to allow you to run as
>> admin,
> This has been proposed before, and always rejected. While you're always
> welcome to provide a patch, I'm very doubtful it would be accepted into
> the main product.
The example given in this thread certainly isn't going to change
anybody's mind. "Hi, I propose reducing everybody's security because
my local admins insist on an utterly brain-dead security policy."
regards, tom lane
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