Re: [HACKERS] Table permissions problem

> > Remember some tables are shared with all databases. Makes things more
> > difficult.
>
> And that's why I suggested a uid/euid model over functions,
> triggers and views, where the permission checks are done
> against the function/view owner instead of the current user.
> If nobody reverted things, this is already done for views
> (pg_user vs pg_shadow). The ACL checks are done during the
> rewrite.
>
> So CREATE VIEW or CREATE RULE could eventually use some trick
> to get around the restrictions on pg_rewrite but ensure that
> the rule owner is the one creating it. Pg_rewrite itself must
> be protected, otherwise a user could change the ownership of
> a view and get around access restrictions.

Couldn't we do some permission checks on tables at runtime from the
rewrite system ONLY when a table is being added or UPDATE is added to
SELECT, etc?

Would that solve the problem? Maybe not because you would have to rip
apart the plan, wouldn't you?

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