Re: Allow pg_signal_backend members to use pg_log_backend_memory_stats().

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Allow pg_signal_backend members to use pg_log_backend_memory_stats().
Date: 2021-10-25 03:31:37
Message-ID: ab46bf8a5158d27cdbb6901f49a6e38dd23e619e.camel@j-davis.com
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On Mon, 2021-10-25 at 11:53 +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote:
> In other words, I don't think pg_signal_backends is not meant to
> control "log something on another session" or "rotate log file".
> It's
> danger that if we allow somewone to rotate log files, that means to
> allow same user to terminate another session.

The current patch doesn't allow members of pg_signal_backend to rotate
the log file.

Do you think pg_signal_backend is the wrong group to allow usage of
pg_log_backend_memory_contexts()? Alternatively, it could simply not
GRANT anything, and leave that up to the administrator to choose who
can use it.

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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