Re: [HACKERS] Disable large objects GUC

2005-04-26 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
Security holes? Explain yourself please. No ownership, and no permissions... As for the latter point, ISTM the todo item is "fix pg_dumpall" more than "eliminate large objects". Certainly the fix isn't easy, but that isn't an argument to cut and run. I did have a plan to do this for 8.1, but so f

Re: [HACKERS] Disable large objects GUC

2005-04-26 Thread Tom Lane
Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wonder if there's any use for an allow_large_objects = true/false GUC > parameter? > It'd be nice to be able to switch it off as part of site policy so that > the security holes in it aren't able to be exposed, plus you can > guarantee as

[HACKERS] Disable large objects GUC

2005-04-26 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I wonder if there's any use for an allow_large_objects = true/false GUC parameter? It'd be nice to be able to switch it off as part of site policy so that the security holes in it aren't able to be exposed, plus you can guarantee as the site admin that pg_dumpall will produce a complete dump.