On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 8:22 AM Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> Hmm, maybe I am misunderstanding something, but what I mean is something
> like:
>
> 8<----------------
> CREATE TABLE t1(f1 int);
> CREATE TABLE t2(f1 int);
>
> CREATE USER A; --defaults to INHERIT
> CREATE USER B;
> CREATE USER C;
>
> GRANT select ON TABLE t1 TO B;
> GRANT select ON TABLE t2 TO C;
>
> GRANT B TO A;
> GRANT C TO A;
>
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION A;
>
> -- works
> SELECT * FROM t1;
> -- works
> SELECT * FROM t2;
>
> RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION;
> REVOKE INHERIT OPTION FOR C FROM A;
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION A;
>
> -- works
> SELECT * FROM t1;
> -- fails
> SELECT * FROM t2;
> 8<----------------
>
> So now A has implicit inherited privs for t1 but not for t2.
Yeah, I anticipate that this would work in the way that you postulate here.
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Robert Haas
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