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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2022-09-28 13:05:20 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2022-09-28 13:05:20 -0400
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revert "warn of SECURITY DEFINER schemas for non-sql_body funcs"
doc revert of commit 1703726488. Change was applied to irrelevant branches, and was not detailed enough to be helpful in relevant branches. Reported-by: Peter Eisentraut, Noah Misch Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2dc9de4-24fc-3222-87d3-0def8057d7d8@enterprisedb.com Backpatch-through: 10
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index 35869bf6ba6..7e6d52c7dcf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -779,10 +779,7 @@ SELECT * FROM dup(42);
<para>
Because a <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal> function is executed
with the privileges of the user that owns it, care is needed to
- ensure that the function cannot be misused. This is particularly
- important for non-<replaceable>sql_body</replaceable> functions because
- their function bodies are evaluated at run-time, not creation time.
- For security,
+ ensure that the function cannot be misused. For security,
<xref linkend="guc-search-path"/> should be set to exclude any schemas
writable by untrusted users. This prevents
malicious users from creating objects (e.g., tables, functions, and