Re: Can I restrict backups? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Can I restrict backups?
Date
Msg-id 46537A3A.3040709@g2switchworks.com
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In response to Can I restrict backups?  (Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>)
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Andreas wrote:
> Hi,
> now this might be a bit of a silly question, but I'll give it a shot
> anyway.
>
> I'm working on a remote database for a few employees of a rather small
> startup company where at least a few will get teleworking jobs.
> They'll get a ms-access application that connects via ODBC from their
> home.
>
> They'll have limited access to the tables. Some will be just readable
> or writable.
> Obviously to work with the most intersting data they'll need reading
> an writing access.
>
> Could I somehow avoid that one of them uses pg_dump or even Access
> itself to pull all the data out and sell it to a competitor?

You have conflicting objectives here.

You give them read access to the data, but you don't want them to read it.

The real issue here is a legal one.  Once you let the data go from the
server to their machine, who knows what they'll do with it.

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