Re: Additional role attributes && superuser review - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Steele
Subject Re: Additional role attributes && superuser review
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Msg-id 569E4613.1010707@pgmasters.net
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In response to Re: Additional role attributes && superuser review  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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On 1/17/16 9:10 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> but if it's possible to do a backup without
> being a superuser and with only read access to the data directory, I
> would expect every backup soltuion to view that as a feature which they
> want to support, as there are environments which will find it desirable,
> at a minimum, and even some which will require it.

This would certainly be a desirable feature for pgBackRest.  The fewer
processes running with the ability to alter the cluster the better.
Even if they are well-tested it's still one less thing to worry about.

--
-David
david@pgmasters.net


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