The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 1794
Logged by: Sean Burlington
Email address: sean@uncertainty.org.uk
PostgreSQL version: 7.4
Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux
Description: inheritance removes permissions from the parent table
Details:
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is strictly a bug or just a side effect of
inheritance that could do with being added to the documentation.
If you create a new table that inherits from another table - a user cannot
select from the parent if they cannot select from the child.
To recreate:
as dba
create table a (id int);
grant select on a to auser;
insert into a (id) values (1);
as auser
select * from a;
id
----
1
as dba
create table b (data int) inherits (a);
as auser
select * from a;
ERROR: permission denied for relation b
I didn't expect to need permission for table b in order to select from a...
