If I do this as any user:

        SELECT update_pg_pwd();

it crashes all backends and causes a server-wide restart.  Is this
acceptable behavior?  I am sure there are other cases too.  Isn't it a
problem that we let ordinary users crash the server and cause a restart?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

LOG:  server process (pid 23337) was terminated by signal 11
LOG:  terminating any other active server processes
LOG:  all server processes terminated; reinitializing shared memory and semaphores
FATAL:  The database system is starting up
LOG:  database system was interrupted at 2002-03-21 03:42:08 CET
LOG:  checkpoint record is at 0/43C048
LOG:  redo record is at 0/43C048; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG:  next transaction id: 99; next oid: 24747
LOG:  database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress
LOG:  redo starts at 0/43C088
LOG:  ReadRecord: record with zero length at 0/4421B4
LOG:  redo done at 0/442190
LOG:  database system is ready

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