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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c19
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c6
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
index d74b5ccb30d..0d5ffb0a8e5 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ static int SecurityRestrictionContext = 0;
static bool SetRoleIsActive = false;
+
/*
* GetUserId - get the current effective user ID.
*
@@ -389,6 +390,24 @@ SetUserIdAndContext(Oid userid, bool sec_def_context)
/*
+ * Check if the authenticated user is a replication role
+ */
+bool
+is_authenticated_user_replication_role(void)
+{
+ bool result = false;
+ HeapTuple utup;
+
+ utup = SearchSysCache1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(AuthenticatedUserId));
+ if (HeapTupleIsValid(utup))
+ {
+ result = ((Form_pg_authid) GETSTRUCT(utup))->rolreplication;
+ ReleaseSysCache(utup);
+ }
+ return result;
+}
+
+/*
* Initialize user identity during normal backend startup
*/
void
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index db06cda46e8..eaaf27ffa51 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -658,11 +658,11 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, const char *username,
{
Assert(!bootstrap);
- /* must have authenticated as a superuser */
- if (!am_superuser)
+ /* must have authenticated as a replication role */
+ if (!is_authenticated_user_replication_role())
ereport(FATAL,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
- errmsg("must be superuser to start walsender")));
+ errmsg("must be replication role to start walsender")));
/* process any options passed in the startup packet */
if (MyProcPort != NULL)