Re: User/login questions - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: User/login questions
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Msg-id 26869.1060868989@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to User/login questions  (Jason Hihn <jhihn@paytimepayroll.com>)
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Jason Hihn <jhihn@paytimepayroll.com> writes:
> 2) Finding out what databases the user has access to (How?) without having
> to maintain a copy myself. (Can it be pulled from some system table, or join
> of system tables? (i.e. SELECT db_name FROM something WHERE user='me' AND
> granted_perm='SELECT')

I'm afraid not --- that info is only available from the postmaster's
pg_hba.conf file, which is not accessible as a table.  The typical setup
though is that any user can connect to any database.

            regards, tom lane

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