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Re: Largeobject Access Controls (r2460)

Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>

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From: Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>
To: Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-12-11T05:54:47Z
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Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec> wrote:

> besides if a normal user can read from pg_class why we deny pg_largeobject

pg_class and pg_largeobject_metadata contain only metadata of objects.
Tables and pg_largeobject contain actual data of the objects. A normal user
can read pg_class, but cannot read contents of tables without privilege.

Regards,
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Takahiro Itagaki
NTT Open Source Software Center