Re: security_definer_search_path GUC

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>
Subject: Re: security_definer_search_path GUC
Date: 2021-06-03 19:06:13
Message-ID: CAFj8pRADKT9V9bDKe9CBwnw2c3fh=Z1KEETjRGTefP7Gf-wSGQ@mail.gmail.com
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čt 3. 6. 2021 v 20:25 odesílatel Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
napsal:

>
>
> > On Jun 3, 2021, at 9:38 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This design looks good for extensions, but I am not sure if it is good
> for users. Some declarative way without necessity to programming or install
> some extension can be nice.
>
> I agree, though "some declarative way" is a bit vague. I've had ideas
> that perhaps superusers should be able to further restrict the [min,max]
> fields of int and real GUCs. Since -1 is sometimes used to mean
> "disabled", syntax to allow specifying a set might be necessary, something
> like [-1, 60..600]. For text and enum GUCs, perhaps a set of regexps would
> work, some being required to match and others being required not to match,
> such as:
>
> search_path !~ '\mcustomerx\M'
> search_path ~ '^pg_catalog,'
>
> If we did something like this, we'd need it to play nicely with other
> filters provided by extensions, because I'm reasonably sure not all filters
> could be done merely using set notation and regular expression syntax. In
> fact, I find it hard to convince myself that set notation and regular
> expression syntax would even be useful in a large enough number of cases to
> be worth implementing. What are your thought on that?
>

I don't think so for immutable strings we need regular expressions. Maybe
use some special keyword

search_path only "pg_catalog"

> —
> Mark Dilger
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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