From: Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 13:43:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Require #define variable ALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS if absolute paths are
X-Git-Tag: REL6_4_2~947
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=329083a97e2b5de1191f50451a253c224c833605;p=postgresql

Require #define variable ALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS if absolute paths are
 allowed to be used for alternate database locations.
Probably best to default to not allowed, as now, since there are security
 and integrity issues which should be considered carefully before
 opening things up.
Will update docs to discuss this issue.
---

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/database.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/database.c
index 24c6b1ee39..7b3433b0ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/database.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/database.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/Attic/database.c,v 1.8 1998/04/27 04:07:41 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/Attic/database.c,v 1.9 1998/05/29 13:43:14 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@ ExpandDatabasePath(char *dbpath)
 	/* leading path delimiter? then already absolute path */
 	if (*dbpath == SEP_CHAR)
 	{
+#ifdef ALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS
 		cp = strrchr(dbpath, SEP_CHAR);
 		strncpy(buf, dbpath, (cp - dbpath));
 		sprintf(&buf[cp - dbpath], "%cbase%c%s", SEP_CHAR, SEP_CHAR, (cp + 1));
+#else
+		return NULL;
+#endif
 	}
 	/* path delimiter somewhere? then has leading environment variable */
 	else if (strchr(dbpath, SEP_CHAR) != NULL)