Re: A question about the permissions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: A question about the permissions
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Msg-id 6534.1248747347@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to A question about the permissions  (Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com>)
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Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com> writes:
> What is the rationale for not giving the group any permissions at all?

On lots of systems, giving group permissions is nearly as bad as giving
world permissions (eg, all the users might be in a "users" group).
So we don't do it by default.  If you want to poke holes in the security
of your own installation, go right ahead.

            regards, tom lane

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