On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 12:00 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:34, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 10:36 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> > Is backup part of this new privilege, or not? > >> > >> The "integrated base backup", once we have that, that's based on the > >> walsender protocol? yes. > >> pg_dump style backups? No. > > > > Where does pg_start_backup()/stop fit? > > Good question :) > > Given that the integrated-base-backup would call it for you, that one > would definitely get it automatically. > > Given that the latest discissions seem to have most people wanting the > replication role *not* to be allowed to log in and run general SQL, we > should not drive the start/stop backup permissions from that > privilege.
So what your suggesting would actually defeat the purpose of having the new privilege. Unless we trust in a new, untried method. Hmmm. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
