Re: Unprivileged access to pgsql functions?

From: Matt Warner <matt(at)warnertechnology(dot)com>
To: Bosco Rama <postgres(at)boscorama(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Unprivileged access to pgsql functions?
Date: 2011-03-04 21:58:49
Message-ID: AANLkTi=APhfFFU=kRMURe8ri91dOLKZfEb8AR2buH-8f@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Bosco Rama <postgres(at)boscorama(dot)com> wrote:

> Matt Warner wrote:
> >
> > The function cannot be defined in the user's DB because "language C" is
> > considered a security risk, so only the superuser can do that. Or that's
> > what I get from reading anyway...
>
> psql -U postgres -d user_db
>
> will allow the superuser to then define the function in the user's DB.
>
> Once there, you can grant access, if needed.
>
> Bosco.
>

Success! Too much exposure to Oracle had me forgetting that the databases
are separate in Postgres. D'oh!

Thank you very much!

Matt

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