Re: Revoke Connect Privilege from Database not working - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Nathan Bossart
Subject Re: Revoke Connect Privilege from Database not working
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In response to Re: Revoke Connect Privilege from Database not working  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:36:17PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Thanks!  I was about to conclude that "silence means assent" and
> do that work, but you beat me to it.  Your changes look fine,
> except that where you have

Thanks for reviewing.

> +   ... A role can only attribute a grant
> +   to another role if they possess the privileges of that role.
> 
> the word "possess" seems a little ambiguous --- it's not clear whether
> it means SET or INHERIT privileges.  The grammar nerd in me doesn't
> like "they" either.  How about s/they possess/it inherits/ ?
> (likewise in revoke.sgml)

This crossed my mind when copy/pasting from the "GRANT on Roles" section,
but I obviously didn't do anything about it.  Fixed in the attached.

-- 
nathan

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