Re: Sorting out acl fixes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: Sorting out acl fixes
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Msg-id 40FF3764.7030809@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: Sorting out acl fixes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> The solution I had in mind was for ALTER OWNER to run through the ACL
> and replace the old owner ID with the new one wherever the old one
> appears, in both grantor and grantee positions.  So in your example
>     {chriskl=arwdRxt/chriskl,other=r/chriskl}
> becomes
>     {gumby=arwdRxt/gumby,other=r/gumby}
> 
> You could skip doing this when the ACL is null of course, since the
> default assumption about its contents will change in just the same way.

What about fixing existing bad acls?  I can't figure out a grant or 
revoke statement to do it?  Do I have to update to set the relacl to 
null and then re-run the fixed set of grants?

Chris



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