Re: thread by Jessica Richards on read only permissions - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: thread by Jessica Richards on read only permissions
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Msg-id 25810.1193429458@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to thread by Jessica Richards on read only permissions  (Mija Lee <mija@scharp.org>)
Responses Re: thread by Jessica Richards on read only permissions  (Mija Lee <mija@scharp.org>)
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Mija Lee <mija@scharp.org> writes:
> I wanted to follow up on the thread opened by Jessica Richards on
> granting read only permissions. Basically it sounded like there were two
> options:

> 1. granting select on each table
> 2. alter user set default_transaction_read_only to true

You do realize that #2 is completely insecure?  It's only establishing a
session default, which the user can override with a simple SET.

            regards, tom lane

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