Using role priviledges for pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bill Moran
Subject Using role priviledges for pg_dump
Date
Msg-id 20080516154458.1602bea1.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com
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Responses Re: Using role priviledges for pg_dump  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: Using role priviledges for pg_dump  (Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>)
List pgsql-general
Given:

CREATE ROLE joe WITH LOGIN;
CREATE ROLE dumpable;
ALTER GROUP dumpable ADD USER joe;

If I have a database called db1 to which the role dumpable has enough
permissions to do a full pg_dump, but he user joe does not, how can
joe do a pg_dump?  Is it possible?

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Bill Moran
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