On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 10:09 PM PG Bug reporting form
<noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 17377
> Logged by: James Pang
> Email address: chaolpan@cisco.com
> PostgreSQL version: 13.4
> Operating system: RHEL8.4
> Description:
>
> PG 13.4 on RHEL8.4 ,
> we have a user with REPLICATION for logical replication , try to handle
> "replication change loop back" by set replication origin,
>
> select pg_replication_origin_create('test');
> ERROR: only superusers can query or manipulate replication origins
>
> Is it possible to "remove superuser() check" for pg_replication related
> functions and view query, we expect any role with replication can
> create/drop origin, and roles with pg_monitor can query the progress.
>
> we tested that PG 14.1 works if we grant execution privileges ,
Yeah, we removed superuser checks from replication origin functions in PG14.
> is it
> possible to merge the similar enhancement to Postgresql 13.5 or next minor
> version ? so we can use that in pg13 version.
Hmm, I don't think this change will be back-patched since it's not a bug fix.
Regards,
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Masahiko Sawada
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