Re: Quick hack: permissions generator - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: Quick hack: permissions generator
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Msg-id 20051213033627.GR54639@pervasive.com
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In response to Quick hack: permissions generator  (Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>)
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 02:38:57PM +0200, Marko Kreen wrote:
>
> I needed to re-set all permissions on a database as the database
> access philosophy changed.  But as it had a lot of tables, I was
> losing overview very quick.  The original permission script used
> m4 for SQL generation, but it didn't cut anymore.
>
> So I wrote a small Python script which read a .ini-style config
> file for input.  And it ended up being surprisingly clear and
> effective.  As it seems to be generally useful, I post it here.
>
> The basic assumption is that user has couple of groups of tables
> that have somewhat different access pattern for couple of user
> groups.  Small example:

Seems neat. I suggest putting it on http://pgfoundry.org.
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