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