Re: AW: [PATCH] Re: Setuid functions

Actually, I liked the SET AUTHORIZATION { DEFINER | INVOKER } terminology
mentioned earlier.

Mark

Zeugswetter Andreas SB wrote:
>
> > > This patch will implement the "ENABLE PRIVILEGE" and "DISABLE PRIVILEGE"
> > > commands in PL/pgSQL, which, respectively, change the effective uid to that
> > > of the function owner and back. It doesn't break security (I hope). The
> > > commands can be abbreviated as "ENABLE" and "DISABLE" for the poor saps that
>
> Anybody else want to object to this abbreviation idea ? Seems
> reading ENABLE; or DISABLE; is very hard to interpret in source code
> (enable what ?) and should thus not be allowed (or allow "ENABLE PRIV").
>
> Andreas
>
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