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Re: Granting SET and ALTER SYSTE privileges for GUCs

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Joshua Brindle <joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Joe Conway <joe@crunchydata.com>
Date: 2022-03-17T16:34:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:30 PM Joshua Brindle
<joshua.brindle@crunchydata.com> wrote:
> I agree with this view, outside of the mixup between MAC and DAC (DAC
> is in-core, MAC is via hooks)

An excellent point! Exactly why we need expert-level help with this stuff! :-)

> So there should be some committers or contributors that keep an eye
> out and make sure new objects have appropriate hooks, and since an Oid
> based hook for GUCs is inappropriate, I hope this patch can be rolled
> into the contribution from Mark.

I'm not going to take a position on this patch right this minute, but
I appreciate you providing it.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

Commits

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