Re: How to grant role to other user - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 4:31 PM Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
>     GRANT "eeva_owner" TO "ingmar.e"
> This command throws error
>  ERROR: permission denied to grant role "eeva_owner"

Works are expected when I try it. FWIW. --DD

c:\Users\ddevienne>psql service=pau16
psql (17beta3, server 16.1)

ddevienne=> create role eeva_owner;
CREATE ROLE
ddevienne=> create role ingmar LOGIN CREATEROLE PASSWORD 'foo';
CREATE ROLE
ddevienne=> grant connect on database ddevienne to ingmar;
GRANT
ddevienne=> \q

c:\Users\ddevienne>psql "service=pau16 user=ingmar"
Password for user ingmar:
psql (17beta3, server 16.1)

ddevienne=> create role "ingmar.e" LOGIN;
CREATE ROLE
ddevienne=> grant eeva_owner to "ingmar.e";
ERROR:  permission denied to grant role "eeva_owner"
DETAIL:  Only roles with the ADMIN option on role "eeva_owner" may
grant this role.
ddevienne=> \q

c:\Users\ddevienne>psql service=pau16

ddevienne=> grant eeva_owner TO ingmar WITH ADMIN OPTION;
GRANT ROLE
ddevienne=> \q

c:\Users\ddevienne>psql "service=pau16 user=ingmar"
Password for user ingmar:
psql (17beta3, server 16.1)

ddevienne=> grant eeva_owner to "ingmar.e";
GRANT ROLE
ddevienne=>