Re: Security implications of config-file-location patch

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Security implications of config-file-location patch
Date: 2004-10-08 02:22:14
Message-ID: 4165F9D6.5090909@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:

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>I am sort of on the fence about this. I am thinking that it would be
>good to expose this information, but *only* to superusers. It would not
>take much code to add a GUC variable flag bit that prevents
>non-superusers from examining the value of the GUC variable, and only a
>little more code to reflect the correct paths into these variables all
>the time.
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On the basis that I can't see that anyone but the superuser has a
legitimate interest in the info, this sounds good.

cheers

andrew

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