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Re: predefined role(s) for VACUUM and ANALYZE

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-11-17T04:39:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 03:09:47PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> OK, reading the history I think everyone is on board with expanding
> AclMode from uint32 to uint64. Is that right?

I skimmed through this thread again, and AFAICT folks are okay with this
approach.  I'm not aware of any remaining concerns.

> If so I'm intending to
> commit at least the first two of these patches fairly soon.

Thanks!

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Nathan Bossart
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Commits

  1. Provide non-superuser predefined roles for vacuum and analyze

  2. Provide per-table permissions for vacuum and analyze.

  3. Expand AclMode to 64 bits

  4. Simplify WARNING messages from skipped vacuum/analyze on a table

  5. Allow granting SET and ALTER SYSTEM privileges on GUC parameters.

  6. Add String object access hooks