Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 5:58 AM Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker > <ilm...@ilmari.org> wrote: >> I just noticed that the new server-side base backup feature requires >> superuser privileges (which is only documented in the pg_basebackup >> manual, not in the streaming replication protocol specification). >> >> Isn't this the kind of thing the pg_write_server_files role was created >> for, so that it can be delegated to a non-superuser? > > That's a good idea. I didn't think of that. Would you like to propose a patch?
Sure, I'll try and whip something up over the weekend. - ilmari
