Re: pgsql: Keep pg_stat_statements' query texts in a file, not in shared me

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: KONDO Mitsumasa <kondo(dot)mitsumasa(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Keep pg_stat_statements' query texts in a file, not in shared me
Date: 2014-01-28 02:07:18
Message-ID: CAM3SWZT4w1UofAArzvHnMmFA3HLnYMok3gjESDQaUd=U_ZgpTg@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-committers pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:04 PM, KONDO Mitsumasa
<kondo(dot)mitsumasa(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
> It is written in documents; "For security reasons, non-superusers are not
> allowed to see the text of queries executed by other users." Is root user
> superuser? And initdb user might change to non-superuser after creating
> database cluster. In japan, database operation user isn't always database
> admin. Because database admin's salary is expensive than system operator's.

initdb will not run as a superuser to begin with. It flatly refuses.

Why is your concern with pg_stat_statements after this patch in particular?

You'll need to serialize the file at least once before seeing it, but
then it's there for good (on old versions, before Magnus got annoyed
that that affected basebackups).
--
Peter Geoghegan

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-committers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2014-01-28 02:08:00 Re: pgsql: Keep pg_stat_statements' query texts in a file, not in shared me
Previous Message KONDO Mitsumasa 2014-01-28 02:04:36 Re: pgsql: Keep pg_stat_statements' query texts in a file, not in shared me

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2014-01-28 02:08:00 Re: pgsql: Keep pg_stat_statements' query texts in a file, not in shared me
Previous Message KONDO Mitsumasa 2014-01-28 02:04:36 Re: pgsql: Keep pg_stat_statements' query texts in a file, not in shared me