Fix ALTER DATABASE RENAME to allow the operation if user is a superuser

who for some reason isn't marked usecreatedb.  Per report from Alexander
Pravking.  Also fix sloppy coding in have_createdb_privilege().

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
index 63fc6a1a3ecec502b79a20166de3011a5e96a01e..1e870b975e5f2fed04b0d2ef8e0682c480740bb5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *       $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.124.2.1 2004/11/18 01:19:40 tgl Exp $
+ *       $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.124.2.2 2005/03/12 21:12:18 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@ RenameDatabase(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
                aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_DATABASE,
                                           oldname);
 
-       /* must have createdb */
-       if (!have_createdb_privilege())
+       /* must have createdb rights */
+       if (!superuser() && !have_createdb_privilege())
                ereport(ERROR,
                                (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
                                 errmsg("permission denied to rename database")));
@@ -853,24 +853,22 @@ get_db_info(const char *name, Oid *dbIdP, int4 *ownerIdP,
        return gottuple;
 }
 
+/* Check if current user has createdb privileges */
 static bool
 have_createdb_privilege(void)
 {
+       bool            result = false;
        HeapTuple       utup;
-       bool            retval;
 
        utup = SearchSysCache(SHADOWSYSID,
                                                  Int32GetDatum(GetUserId()),
                                                  0, 0, 0);
-
-       if (!HeapTupleIsValid(utup))
-               retval = false;
-       else
-               retval = ((Form_pg_shadow) GETSTRUCT(utup))->usecreatedb;
-
-       ReleaseSysCache(utup);
-
-       return retval;
+       if (HeapTupleIsValid(utup))
+       {
+               result = ((Form_pg_shadow) GETSTRUCT(utup))->usecreatedb;
+               ReleaseSysCache(utup);
+       }
+       return result;
 }