| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(dot)hagander(at)redpill-linpro(dot)com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m(dot)sakrejda(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM` |
| Date: | 2024-03-27 18:46:01 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoZ5yFoe_htu=FR1B7ihbQPF-sBmhhbkAZWvwQorAWC6Hw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 1:12 PM Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 13:05, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> The purpose of the setting is to prevent <emphasis>accidental</emphasis> modifications via <literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> in environments where
>> The emphasis on 'accidental' seems a bit heavy here, and odd. Surely, just "to prevent modifications via ALTER SYSTEM in environments where..." is enough?
> Not necessarily disagreeing, but it's very important nobody ever mistake this for a security feature. I don't know if the extra word "accidental" is necessary, but I think that's the motivation.
I think the emphasis is entirely warranted in this case.
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Robert Haas
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