Re: Tables Permission - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Tables Permission
Date
Msg-id 200207161647.g6GGlWu04294@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Tables Permission  (Elielson Fontanezi <ElielsonF@prodam.sp.gov.br>)
List pgsql-admin
Elielson Fontanezi wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
>     I've been learning postgres 7.2 two weeks so far, and I could find
> that
> no dba?s users can create new objects in a different database that it do not
> own or,
> at least, do not have authorities to create new objects.
>
>     For example, assume two databases: postgresdb database owned only by
> dba user "postgres" and leodb where exists only the no dba user "leo" with
> INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE authorities. So, why? Why leo can create a new
> objects in postgresdb?

Preventing table creation is a missing feature that will exist in 7.3
with schemas.

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