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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index cb743bb55ef..4d5aeee85ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.519 2009/09/22 23:43:38 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.520 2009/10/03 18:04:57 tgl Exp $
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -5197,11 +5197,15 @@ SetConfigOption(const char *name, const char *value,
* Fetch the current value of the option `name'. If the option doesn't exist,
* throw an ereport and don't return.
*
+ * If restrict_superuser is true, we also enforce that only superusers can
+ * see GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY variables. This should only be passed as true
+ * in user-driven calls.
+ *
* The string is *not* allocated for modification and is really only
* valid until the next call to configuration related functions.
*/
const char *
-GetConfigOption(const char *name)
+GetConfigOption(const char *name, bool restrict_superuser)
{
struct config_generic *record;
static char buffer[256];
@@ -5211,7 +5215,9 @@ GetConfigOption(const char *name)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
errmsg("unrecognized configuration parameter \"%s\"", name)));
- if ((record->flags & GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY) && !superuser())
+ if (restrict_superuser &&
+ (record->flags & GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY) &&
+ !superuser())
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
errmsg("must be superuser to examine \"%s\"", name)));