Re: [HACKERS] RE: [QUESTIONS] Permissions to external functions

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: djackson(at)cpsgroup(dot)com (Jackson, DeJuan)
Cc: ser(at)nsu(dot)ru, pgsql-questions(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] RE: [QUESTIONS] Permissions to external functions
Date: 1998-05-07 16:19:08
Message-ID: 199805071619.MAA14212@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> > Hi !
> > Does anybody know, if there are any way to grant to user permissions
> > to
> > create 'C' function ? Psql says that only postgres can do that ....
> I think it means what it says.
> -DEJ

Yep, it is a security thing because a C function can bypass permission
restrictions.

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