| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Postgresql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: reuse sysids security hole? |
| Date: | 2003-08-12 22:04:25 |
| Message-ID: | 200308122204.h7CM4PE25798@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Thanks. Added.
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Can I have a TODO for this?
>
> * Prevent accidental re-use of sysids for dropped users and groups
>
> The other part of the thread was something like
>
> * Prevent dropping user that still owns objects, or auto-drop the objects
>
> which if successful would eliminate the need to worry about sysid reuse,
> but I really don't see a feasible implementation at the moment.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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