Re: Re: "pg_xxx" role name restriction not applied to bootstrap superuser?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, glyn(at)8kb(dot)co(dot)uk
Subject: Re: Re: "pg_xxx" role name restriction not applied to bootstrap superuser?
Date: 2016-05-08 05:30:26
Message-ID: 18159.1462685426@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>> ... but I'm left with a policy question: should initdb disallow
>> bootstrap superuser names like "pg_xxx"?

> On the whole, I'd vote to treat the bootstrap user as a normal role and
> therefore have the same restriction in place for that user also.

If we're going to enforce such a restriction, I think it would be
a good thing for it to be in place in beta1.

regards, tom lane

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