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Subject: Re: Clarification on Role Access Rights to Table Indexes
From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Ayush Vatsa <ayushvatsa1810@gmail.com>, Robert Haas
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:06:04 -0700
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On Wed, 2025-09-24 at 11:52 -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 12:13:34PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> > > * RangeVarCallbackForReindexIndex() was checking privileges on
> > > the table
> > > before locking it, so I reversed it in 0002.
> >=20
> > Don't we do that intentionally, to make sure someone can't cause
> > DOS
> > on a table they have no privileges on?
>=20
> Ah, right.=C2=A0 I switched it back in v4.

v4-0001 looks good to me.

Just to make sure I understand: the actual problem would only happen
with OID wraparound, right?

Regards,
	Jeff Davis