From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=81lvaro=20Herrera?= Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:19:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] REPACK: do not require LOGIN privileges Normally, starting a background worker does require LOGIN, which is fine. However, the bgworker used for REPACK has no business requiring it. It's just user-unfriendly and prevents repacking tables comfortably. --- src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c | 5 +++-- src/test/regress/expected/cluster.out | 2 +- src/test/regress/sql/cluster.sql | 2 +- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c index e4a4860805b..c40f8c98e06 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c @@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ RepackWorkerMain(Datum main_arg) pq_set_parallel_leader(shared->backend_pid, shared->backend_proc_number); - /* Connect to the database. */ - BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnectionByOid(shared->dbid, shared->roleid, 0); + /* Connect to the database. LOGIN is not required. */ + BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnectionByOid(shared->dbid, shared->roleid, + BGWORKER_BYPASS_ROLELOGINCHECK); /* * Transaction is needed to open relation, and it also provides us with a diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/cluster.out b/src/test/regress/expected/cluster.out index e17bc91fae1..71270134985 100644 --- a/src/test/regress/expected/cluster.out +++ b/src/test/regress/expected/cluster.out @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ DROP TABLE clstrpart; CREATE TABLE ptnowner(i int unique not null) PARTITION BY LIST (i); CREATE INDEX ptnowner_i_idx ON ptnowner(i); CREATE TABLE ptnowner1 PARTITION OF ptnowner FOR VALUES IN (1); -CREATE ROLE regress_ptnowner LOGIN; +CREATE ROLE regress_ptnowner; CREATE TABLE ptnowner2 PARTITION OF ptnowner FOR VALUES IN (2); ALTER TABLE ptnowner1 OWNER TO regress_ptnowner; SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regress_ptnowner; diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/cluster.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/cluster.sql index 1f471a8821a..6746236ffec 100644 --- a/src/test/regress/sql/cluster.sql +++ b/src/test/regress/sql/cluster.sql @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ DROP TABLE clstrpart; CREATE TABLE ptnowner(i int unique not null) PARTITION BY LIST (i); CREATE INDEX ptnowner_i_idx ON ptnowner(i); CREATE TABLE ptnowner1 PARTITION OF ptnowner FOR VALUES IN (1); -CREATE ROLE regress_ptnowner LOGIN; +CREATE ROLE regress_ptnowner; CREATE TABLE ptnowner2 PARTITION OF ptnowner FOR VALUES IN (2); ALTER TABLE ptnowner1 OWNER TO regress_ptnowner; SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION regress_ptnowner; -- 2.47.3 --m6zy3l65ushq557m--