Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser

From: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com, steve(at)supabase(dot)io, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Allow placeholders in ALTER ROLE w/o superuser
Date: 2022-11-20 17:50:19
Message-ID: CAPpHfduy9JHCYWcdxfWqoG=7J_d_MyRZ=bCgmUT1sEyhvyU_pA@mail.gmail.com
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.On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 8:48 PM Alexander Korotkov
<aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I've drafted a patch implementing ALTER ROLE ... SET ... TO ... USER SET syntax.
>
> These options are working only for USERSET GUC variables, but require
> less privileges to set. I think there is no problem to implement
>
> Also it seems that this approach doesn't conflict with future
> privileges for USERSET GUCs [1]. I expect that USERSET GUCs should be
> available unless explicitly REVOKEd. That mean we should be able to
> check those privileges during ALTER ROLE.
>
> Opinions on the patch draft?
>
> Links
> 1. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=a20b091faa&view=om&permmsgid=msg-f%3A1749871710745577015

Uh, sorry for the wrong link. I meant
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/2271988.1668807706@sss.pgh.pa.us

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Alexander Korotkov

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