Re: A very confusing line... - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: A very confusing line...
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Msg-id 3609669.1616013794@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to A very confusing line...  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I guess the phrase 
> because joe “inherits” admin's privileges

> should be changed to
> because joe was granted admin's privileges.

> The point is, otherwise he inherits something that is not inheritable...

Sure it's inheritable, according to the terminology being used here
(which is baked into the CREATE/ALTER ROLE syntax, so we're not
going to change it lightly).

            regards, tom lane



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