Re: Hiding name and version

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Quiroga, Damian" <damian(dot)quiroga(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hiding name and version
Date: 2015-09-17 18:14:48
Message-ID: 16006.1442513688@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Quiroga, Damian" <damian(dot)quiroga(at)intel(dot)com> writes:
> I've tried something like "REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION version() FROM someuser;" and it doesn't work.
> Apparently you can only revoke permissions that you have explicitly granted before.

The default behavior for built-in functions is as though the bootstrap
superuser has granted execute access to PUBLIC. You would need to
reverse that (and then grant it back to any non-superusers who
should have it).

regards, tom lane

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