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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>
Cc: michael@paquier.xyz
Cc: gurjeet@singh.im
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Unprivileged user can induce crash by using an SUSET param in PGOPTIONS
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:56:15 -0700
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 06:44:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Another idea is to add a "bool interactive" parameter to InitPostgres,
> thereby shoving the issue out to the call sites.  Still wouldn't
> expose the am_walsender angle, but conceivably it'd be more
> future-proof anyway?

I hesitated to suggest this exactly because of the WAL sender problem, but
it does seem slightly more future-proof, so +1 for this approach.

-- 
Nathan Bossart
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