On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 08:50:27AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote: > > Frankly, I get quite tired of the argument essentially being made > > here that because pg_ls_dir() wouldn't grant someone superuser > > rights, that we should remove superuser checks from everything. > > As long as you are presenting it like that, I'm going to be quite > > dead-set against any of it. > 1. pg_ls_dir. I cannot see how this can ever be used to get > superuser privileges.
With pilot error, all things are possible. A file name under $PGDATA could be the superuser password. Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david(dot)fetter(at)gmail(dot)com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
