Re: new heapcheck contrib module

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: new heapcheck contrib module
Date: 2020-09-22 17:58:21
Message-ID: CAH2-WzmuQSXmweXeS5V3_hzR0KpDqF=JMeLYZ6-89KB3r3Uj4w@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:55 AM Mark Dilger
<mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> I am inclined to just restrict verify_heapam() to superusers and be done. What do you think?

The existing amcheck functions were designed to have execute privilege
granted to non-superusers, though we never actually advertised that
fact. Maybe now would be a good time to start doing so.

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Peter Geoghegan

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