On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Haribabu Kommi
> <kommi.haribabu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:21 AM, Dmitriy Sarafannikov
>> <d.sarafannikov@bk.ru> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have found incorrect error message in InitializeSessionUserId function
>>> if you try to connect to database by role Oid (for example
>>> BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnectionByOid).
>>> If role have no permissions to login, you will see error message like this:
>>> FATAL: role "(null)" is not permitted to log in
>>>
>>> I changed few lines of code and fixed this.
>>> Patch is attached.
>>> I want to add this patch to commitfest.
>>> Any objections?
>>>
>>
>> The patch adds the support of taking the role name from the role tuple
>> instead of using the provided rolename variable, because it is possible
>> that rolename variable is NULL if the connection is from a background
>> worker.
>>
>> The patch is fine, I didn't find any problems, I marked it as ready for
>> committer.
>>
>> IMO this patch may need to backpatch supported branches as it is
>> a bug fix. Committer can decide.
>
> +1 for the backpatch. The current error message should the rolename be
> undefined in this context is misleading for users.
Back-patched to 9.5. I don't think this is relevant for earlier branches.
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