Re: [HACKERS] Problem when reloading data from older version

> Tom Lane wrote:
> >Hmm. This seems wrong; if the function was created by the superuser
> >then it should have proowner set to the superuser, and pg_dump looks
> >like it does the right thing about reconnecting as the function owner
> >(assuming you used -z, which is now default but wasn't in 6.4.2...).
>
> Ah... looking back, I see that I did not use -z.
>
> Using -z, it works OK.

-z is now default in 6.5.

>
> >I wonder whether we need a notion of "effective" and "real" user ID,
> >such as most Unix systems have. Then it'd be possible for the system
> >to know "I may be creating objects on behalf of user X, but I really
> >am the superuser" and apply protection checks appropriately. This'd
> >be a much more elegant solution than \connect for pg_dump scripts,
> >since the whole script would run in a single superuser session and just
> >do a SET VARIABLE or something to indicate which user would be the owner
> >of created objects.
>
> I definitely agree with that. It's also needed in order to restrict
> password manipulation of other users' passwords to the superuser alone.
>
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