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Re: docs: mention "pg_read_all_stats" in "track_activities" description

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-06-15T17:39:25Z
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On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 10:08:21PM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
> A little late to the party, but as an alternative suggestion for the last
> part:
> 
>   "... and users who either own the session being reported on, or who have
>   privileges of the role to which the session belongs,"
> 
> so the whole sentence would read:
> 
>   Note that even when enabled, this information is only visible to superusers,
>   roles with privileges of the pg_read_all_stats role, and users who either own
>   the session being reported on or who have privileges of the role to which the
>   session belongs, so it should not represent a security risk.

This seems clearer to me.

-- 
Nathan Bossart
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

Commits

  1. doc: Reword description of roles able to view track_activities's info

  2. doc: Mention pg_read_all_stats in description of track_activities