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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/func.sgml6
-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c5
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 56b01dc620b..722640b972e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -16471,7 +16471,7 @@ postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_xlogfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
<literal><function>pg_xlog_replay_pause()</function></literal>
</entry>
<entry><type>void</type></entry>
- <entry>Pauses recovery immediately.
+ <entry>Pauses recovery immediately (restricted to superusers).
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -16479,7 +16479,7 @@ postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_xlogfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
<literal><function>pg_xlog_replay_resume()</function></literal>
</entry>
<entry><type>void</type></entry>
- <entry>Restarts recovery if it was paused.
+ <entry>Restarts recovery if it was paused (restricted to superusers).
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
@@ -16587,7 +16587,7 @@ postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_xlogfile_name_offset(pg_stop_backup());
for controlling and interacting with replication features.
See <xref linkend="streaming-replication">
and <xref linkend="streaming-replication-slots"> for information about the
- underlying features.
+ underlying features. Use of these functions is restricted to superusers.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
index f186468dd2c..133143db929 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
@@ -382,11 +382,6 @@ pg_xlog_replay_resume(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
Datum
pg_is_xlog_replay_paused(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
- if (!superuser())
- ereport(ERROR,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
- (errmsg("must be superuser to control recovery"))));
-
if (!RecoveryInProgress())
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),