Assuming others think something like this might be interesting, would something to do this be an OK candidate for my first patch, if only to start this ball rolling?
a. * Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080404 14:57]: > "Aidan Van Dyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What if you didn't need super-user privileges to load "C" functions, on > > the conditions that: > > 1) There is no / in the obj_file filename (or some other "sanitizing" > > rules) > > 2) You're database owner > > That's an interesting idea. It has the property that no super-user is required > to do any fiddling *inside* your database. That is, the ISP can just do CREATE > DATABASE and then leave you have at it without having to deal with installing > modules or granting any permissions inside your database. > > It also opens the door to .deb packagers being able to put pgfoundry modules > in the same space. No other suggestion has offered any help to anything except > blessed contrib modules. > > I would suggest a guc for the "safe" place and I would suggest it be a list of > places. And I would suggest that for OS packagers they really want two > locations on that list, something like: > /usr/lib/postgresql/modules;/usr/local/lib/postgresql/modules > That way users can compile and install their own modules into /usr/local > without interfering with modules which come from OS packages. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, [EMAIL PROTECTED] command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave.
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