On 2013-09-20 08:06:56 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > Because I want to specify multiple paths. E.g. one with modules for a > > specific postgres version, one for the cluster and one for my > > development directory. > > Now we could recursively search a directory that contains symlinks to > > directories, but that seems ugly.
> I see. My main hesitation is around security. I feel somehow that > changing a GUC to trojan the system would be easier for a remote user > to accomplish than having to replace a directory with a symlink. If they can change a PGC_POSTMASTER GUC, they already can easily enough do: shared_preload_libraries='/path/to/my/bad/so.so' that's already allowed. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers