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From: Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com>
To: Emmanuel Motchane <Emmanuel(dot)Motchane(at)cmla(dot)ens-cachan(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re:
Date: 2000-05-23 13:55:30
Message-ID: 392A8DD2.2FCA05CB@bitmead.com
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Emmanuel Motchane wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to figure out how to restrict user access to a database to
> a few defined functions, so that users could use the database (and update
> it) but only through a set of procedures, written for exemple in C and
> using the Server Programming
> interface.

If this is some kind of security measure, it won't work because in the
extreme case anybody can just open a socket and send the appropriate
protocol down it (like you can with any client server database).

Otherwise I suggest you ask your user's politely or see if the postgres
grant permissions can do what you want.

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