Add a run_as_owner option to subscriptions.
authorRobert Haas <[email protected]>
Tue, 4 Apr 2023 16:03:03 +0000 (12:03 -0400)
committerRobert Haas <[email protected]>
Tue, 4 Apr 2023 16:03:03 +0000 (12:03 -0400)
commit482675987bcdffb390ae735cfd5f34b485ae97c6
tree889d1ea562d20bf291620e8df982d09f1852aa64
parent1e10d49b65d6c26c61fee07999e4cd59eab2b765
Add a run_as_owner option to subscriptions.

This option is normally false, but can be set to true to obtain
the legacy behavior where the subscription runs with the permissions
of the subscription owner rather than the permissions of the
table owner. The advantages of this mode are (1) it doesn't require
that the subscription owner have permission to SET ROLE to each
table owner and (2) since no role switching occurs, the
SECURITY_RESTRICTED_OPERATION restrictions do not apply.

On the downside, it allows any table owner to easily usurp
the privileges of the subscription owner - basically, to take
over their account. Because that's generally quite undesirable,
we don't make this mode the default, but we do make it available,
just in case the new behavior causes too many problems for someone.

Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+TgmoZ-WEeG6Z14AfH7KhmpX2eFh+tZ0z+vf0=eMDdbda269g@mail.gmail.com
12 files changed:
doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_subscription.sgml
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
src/backend/catalog/pg_subscription.c
src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
src/bin/psql/describe.c
src/include/catalog/catversion.h
src/include/catalog/pg_subscription.h
src/test/regress/expected/subscription.out
src/test/subscription/t/033_run_as_table_owner.pl [new file with mode: 0644]