current_user versus current_role

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: current_user versus current_role
Date: 2005-10-05 13:17:25
Message-ID: BAY20-F86F0D2FCDAFBF082211EFF9820@phx.gbl
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hello

I used info from current_user for log. about some operations (who, when,
..). What I can see, current_user is equal current_role function. I had
problem with it, because user (if is member of any group role) can change
his identity. example: peter is member of role users. But peter can do set
role to users. From this moment I lost possibility of get identity if user,
because current_user returns users and not peter. I can check it (if some
user changed identity) ~ by exampl. test if role has login privilegia, and
if not I can stop any operations.

But Is there some possibility get identity of user without impact of change
of role? (default role?)

thank you
Pavel Stehule

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