| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgsql: Switch TAP tests of pg_rewind to use a role with minimal permiss |
| Date: | 2019-04-13 02:05:06 |
| Message-ID: | 3cd43d33-f415-cc41-ade3-7230ab15b2c9@2ndQuadrant.com |
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On 4/11/19 9:56 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Switch TAP tests of pg_rewind to use a role with minimal permissions
>
> Up to now the tests of pg_rewind have been using a superuser for all the
> tests (which is the default of many tests actually, and something that
> ought to be reviewed) when involving an online source server, still it
> is possible to use a non-superuser role to do that as long as this role
> is granted permissions to execute all the source-side functions used for
> the rewind. This is possible since v11, and was already documented as
> of bfc8068.
>
> This will allow to catch up easily any change in pg_rewind if the tool
> begins to use more backend-side functions, so as the properties
> introduced by v11 are kept.
>
jacana and bowerbird don't seem happy with this.
cheers
andrew
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