Re: [HACKERS] Permissions on CHECKPOINT

[Tom Lane]

Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mikheev, Vadim writes:
>> Yes, there should be permission checking - I'll add it later (in 7.1)
>> if no one else.

> Should be simple enough.  Is this okay:

Actually, I think a more interesting question is "should CHECKPOINT
have permission restrictions?  If so, what should they be?"

A quite relevant precedent is that Unix systems (at least the ones
I've used) do not restrict who can call sync().

                        regards, tom lane