Lamar Owen wrote: > On Tuesday 30 July 2002 11:51 pm, Tom Lane wrote: > > Lamar Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> CREATE DATABASE foo WITH LOCATION = 'BAR' > > > And requires you to be a database superuser anyway. > > > CREATE DATABASE does not require superuser privs, only createdb > > which is not usually considered particular dangerous. > > Pardon my misspeak, as there are those two components to the privs. My error. > Typically normal users aren't given create database privileges -- at least on > my systems. > > And, again, I'm completely for the idea of this being in postgresql.conf. But > I'm not convinced that the security angle is a valid reason. The consistency > reason is enough alone to warrant it being that way.
Agreed. Consistency argues for the postgresql.conf solution, not security. Also, I would like to see initlocation removed as soon as we get a 100% functional replacement. We have fielded too many questions about how to set it up. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
