[postgis-users] Why use C procedurals for Postgres

[Rudy COMMENGE]

I'm on RedHat 5 Enterprise.
I have installed PostgreSQL 8.4.2 and Postgis 1.5.2

I have not customized PostgreSQL or Postgis installation.

> From: nicklas.aven at jordogskog.no
> To: postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:13:52 +0100
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Why use C procedurals for Postgres
> 
> Hallo
> 
> You should not need do change any security settings that is default in
> PostgreSQL to run PostGIS. 
> But if there is some security setting that that is customized to not
> allow C-langage functions there will be problems since PostGIS is
> written in C.
> 
> But if you have not customized any security settings in PostgreSQL this
> is just a symptom of something els.
> 
> What OS are you running?
> 
> /Nicklas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 13:44 +0000, Rudy COMMENGE wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have installed Postgis with PostgreSQL.
> > When I try to send postgis.sql to PostgreSQL, I have an error
> > notifying C is not trusted.
> > So I think I have found a solution : I disable the security with this
> > request "UPDATE pg_language SET lanpltrusted=true WHERE lanname='c';"
> > 
> > But this is a security, so is there another solution without disable ?
> > If not, why Postgis need to bypass a PostgreSQL security ?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > RudyWI
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