Re: Detect who ran DROP schema - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 12:51 PM Siraj G <tosiraj.g@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Imtiaz

I could see this from the log, but not sure from which client or the tool/program the drop was issued.

2024-07-18 14:34:50.044 UTC [774513]: [3-1] db=umarslog,user=postgres STATEMENT:  DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE

It clearly shows that the user postgres dropped the schema, and if you want to capture the application name as well then you have to configure the logging. 

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM Muhammad Imtiaz <imtiazpg712@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Please check the database server logs for the drop schema command. This should provide details about the user and the session origin. Configurations like log_connections = on and log_statement = 'all' are recommended to capture the required details in db server logs.

Muhammad Imtiaz

PostgreSQL Technical Support Lead / Pakistan R&D

Mobile: +923345072521

Email: imtiaz.m@bitnine.net

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 12:14 PM Siraj G <tosiraj.g@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello -

A schema was dropped from our UAT environment on 18th July. We are trying to find out who did. We have only one user in our environment, i.e., postgres, but we are trying to identify from where the connection was initiated, which issued DROP schema. Can anyone help?

Regards

Siraj