* Magnus Hagander (mag...@hagander.net) wrote: > On Oct 16, 2014 1:59 PM, "Stephen Frost" <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote: > > Once I understand what "include pg_dump" and "include pg_basebackup" > > mean, I'd be happy to work on adding those. > > Include pg_basebackup would mean the replication protocol methods for base > backup and streaming. Which is already covered by the REPLICATION flag.
Well, right. I had the impression there was some distinction that I
just wasn't getting.
> But in think it's somewhat useful to separate these. Being able to execute
> pg_stop_backup allows you to break somebody else's backup currently
> running, which pg_basebackup is safe against. So being able to call those
> functions is clearly a higher privilege than being able to use
> pg_basebackup.
Agreed.
Thanks!
Stephen
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