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Re: Non-superuser subscription owners

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

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From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-11-16T18:08:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Mon, 2021-11-01 at 10:58 -0700, Mark Dilger wrote:
> It is unclear that I can make ALTER SUBSCRIPTION..OWNER TO
> synchronous without redesigning the way workers respond to
> pg_subscription catalog updates generally.  That may be a good
> project to eventually tackle, but I don't see that it is more
> important to close the race condition in an OWNER TO than for a
> DISABLE.
> 
> Thoughts?

What if we just say that OWNER TO must be done by a superuser, changing
from one superuser to another, just like today? That would preserve
backwards compatibility, but people with non-superuser subscriptions
would need to drop/recreate them.

When we eventually do tackle the problem, we can lift the restriction.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis

Commits

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  1. Fix possible crash in tablesync worker.

  2. Display 'password_required' option for \dRs+ command.

  3. Restart the apply worker if the 'password_required' option is changed.

  4. Fix possible logical replication crash.

  5. Add new predefined role pg_create_subscription.

  6. Expand AclMode to 64 bits

  7. More cleanup of a2ab9c06ea.

  8. Respect permissions within logical replication.

  9. Improve table locking behavior in the face of current DDL.