Re: Non-superuser subscription owners

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-01-26T17:36:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, 2023-01-26 at 09:43 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> I have no issue with that as a long-term plan. However, I think that
> for right now we should just introduce pg_create_subscription. It
> would make sense to add pg_create_connection in the same patch that
> adds a CREATE CONNECTION command (or whatever exact syntax we end up
> with) -- and that patch can also change CREATE SUBSCRIPTION to
> require
> both privileges where a connection string is specified directly.

I assumed it would be a problem to say that pg_create_subscription was
enough to create a subscription today, and then later require
additional privileges (e.g. pg_create_connection).

If that's not a problem, then this sounds fine with me.

-- 
Jeff Davis
PostgreSQL Contributor Team - AWS





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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.