Re: Test if a database has any privilege granted to public - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Test if a database has any privilege granted to public
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In response to Re: Test if a database has any privilege granted to public  (Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com>)
Responses Re: Test if a database has any privilege granted to public  (Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com>)
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On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 12:51 PM Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com> wrote:

select datname::text
from pg_database
where 0::oid = any(select (aclexplode(datacl)).grantee)
or datacl is null;

That's easy if you know that you need to write this. But the need to do so seems to depend on pretty arcane knowledge that, as far as I can see, isn't documented.


The last paragraph of the privileges documentation says this explicitly:

If the “Access privileges” column is empty for a given object, it means the object has default privileges (that is, its privileges entry in the relevant system catalog is null). Default privileges always include all privileges for the owner, and can include some privileges for PUBLIC depending on the object type, as explained above.


Or, you know, just use the provided functions that have been programmed with knowledge of how the system works.


select has_database_privilege(0,current_database(),'CONNECT');

David J.


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