On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't understand why an user can't WILLINGLY (by EXPLICITLY setting an > OPTION) allow a privileged administrator to run PostGre.
Well, to start with, it increases the support costs of the product as a whole to the community. Adding an option with severe security implications is not free, at least not if you want to be reasonably diligent about minimizing and documenting the risks. Generally the community tries to take that seriously, so IMHO just assuming that anyone who sets it knows the risks isn't acceptable. Why don't we actually start looking at the actual implications and see what we can do about them, rather than either assuming they're too great or too minimal. Maybe we'll come up with solutions to current problems as well. > I'm deeply disappointed to be forced to compile my own PostGre and I will > not. Well, given that such an option isn't likely to go in before 8.2 given the policy on dot version changes, I don't think you can get out of compiling a copy unless you have a year before shipping. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq