Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> writes: >> >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Tom Lane<t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> ?wrote: >> >>> ISTM it would be reasonably non-controversial to allow users to issue >> >>> pg_cancel_backend against other sessions logged in as the same userID. >> >>> The question is whether to go further than that, and if so how much. >> >> >> >> In *every* case -- and there are many -- where we've had people >> >> express pain, this would have sufficed. > > +1 for allowing that unconditionally.
+1 >> Or how about making it a grantable database-level privilege? > > I think either is overkill. You can implement any policy by interposing a > SECURITY DEFINER wrapper around pg_cancel_backend(). I still like the idea of grant cancel and grant terminate. For another patch. Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
