"Chander Ganesan" <g_chander@yahoo.com> writes:
> Apparently one needs to do a 'set role' in order to gain access to a 'create
> database' privilege, even though inherit is set to "true" for the user.
> This is contrary to the documentation - which implies that ineritance is
> automatic.
The documentation says no such thing, and in fact says the opposite:
: The INHERIT attribute governs inheritance of grantable privileges
: (that is, access privileges for database objects and role
: memberships). It does not apply to the special role attributes set by
: CREATE ROLE and ALTER ROLE. For example, being a member of a role with
: CREATEDB privilege does not immediately grant the ability to create
: databases, even if INHERIT is set; it would be necessary to become
: that role via SET ROLE before creating a database.
regards, tom lane
