> Actually, I think a more interesting question is "should CHECKPOINT
> have permission restrictions?  If so, what should they be?"
> 
> A quite relevant precedent is that Unix systems (at least the ones
> I've used) do not restrict who can call sync().

Checkpoints 1. affect entire system, 2. increase log output and
3. it's hard operation. Command itself was added mostly for debug
purposes.

Vadim

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:07:40 -0800
"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM>
RE: Permissions on CHECKPOINT 