| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Server-side base backup: why superuser, not pg_write_server_files? |
| Date: | 2022-01-28 13:44:09 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoYG6E-SXjYeAMUVLDm+Y37nvNFatE-FFAjr+=aWK94UaQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 5:58 AM Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
<ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> wrote:
> I just noticed that the new server-side base backup feature requires
> superuser privileges (which is only documented in the pg_basebackup
> manual, not in the streaming replication protocol specification).
>
> Isn't this the kind of thing the pg_write_server_files role was created
> for, so that it can be delegated to a non-superuser?
That's a good idea. I didn't think of that. Would you like to propose a patch?
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Robert Haas
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