Re: reuse sysids security hole?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Postgresql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: reuse sysids security hole?
Date: 2003-08-12 20:01:33
Message-ID: 15912.1060718493@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Can I have a TODO for this?

* Prevent accidental re-use of sysids for dropped users and groups

The other part of the thread was something like

* Prevent dropping user that still owns objects, or auto-drop the objects

which if successful would eliminate the need to worry about sysid reuse,
but I really don't see a feasible implementation at the moment.

regards, tom lane

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