On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 08:50:27AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> > Frankly, I get quite tired of the argument essentially being made
> > here that because pg_ls_dir() wouldn't grant someone superuser
> > rights, that we should remove superuser checks from everything.
> > As long as you are presenting it like that, I'm going to be quite
> > dead-set against any of it.
> 1. pg_ls_dir. I cannot see how this can ever be used to get
> superuser privileges.
With pilot error, all things are possible. A file name under $PGDATA
could be the superuser password.
Best,
David.
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