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-rw-r--r--src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
index 277394626a8..4ec30f93aa3 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c,v 1.5 2002/09/04 20:31:15 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c,v 1.6 2002/10/04 22:19:29 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -96,12 +96,25 @@ DefineOpClass(CreateOpClassStmt *stmt)
ReleaseSysCache(tup);
+ /*
+ * Currently, we require superuser privileges to create an opclass.
+ * This seems necessary because we have no way to validate that the
+ * offered set of operators and functions are consistent with the AM's
+ * expectations. It would be nice to provide such a check someday,
+ * if it can be done without solving the halting problem :-(
+ */
+ if (!superuser())
+ elog(ERROR, "Must be superuser to create an operator class");
+
/* Look up the datatype */
typeoid = typenameTypeId(stmt->datatype);
+#ifdef NOT_USED
+ /* XXX this is unnecessary given the superuser check above */
/* Check we have ownership of the datatype */
if (!pg_type_ownercheck(typeoid, GetUserId()))
aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, format_type_be(typeoid));
+#endif
/* Storage datatype is optional */
storageoid = InvalidOid;