Re: [BUGS] Removing pg_auth_members.grantor (was Grantor name gets lost when grantor role dropped) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUGS] Removing pg_auth_members.grantor (was Grantor name gets lost when grantor role dropped)
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Msg-id 11239.1178316038@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [BUGS] Removing pg_auth_members.grantor (was Grantor name gets lost when grantor role dropped)  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: [BUGS] Removing pg_auth_members.grantor (was Grantor name gets lost when grantor role dropped)  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> If you're saying we don't currently warn if a revoke leaves the
> priviledges in-tact for the right and target, I'm not sure you can
> currently get in a state where it'd be possible to run into that.

I'm thinking of the case that comes up periodically where newbies think
that revoking a right from a particular user overrides a grant to PUBLIC
of the same right.
        regards, tom lane


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