Re: select only user - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Milen A. Radev
Subject Re: select only user
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Msg-id fmnrui$6pq$1@ger.gmane.org
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In response to Re: select only user  ("Milen A. Radev" <milen@radev.net>)
Responses Re: select only user  (Jessica Richard <rjessil@yahoo.com>)
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Milen A. Radev написа:
> Jessica Richard написа:
>> I created a user and granted only "select" to this user so that  this
>> user can only select the tables on a production system. But by
>> default, this user can also CREATE TABLE successfully....
>>
>> How can I revoke this "create table" privilege (and possible others)
>> and limit this user to only the permissions granted by me?
>>
>
> Revoke the "create" privilege on the "public" schema (or any other
> schema you've created) from 'public' (that's special "role"). Also
> revoke the "create" privilege on the database(s) in question from the
> same special role 'public' to prevent creation of new schemas.
>
> More here - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-grant.html.

Almost forgot - there is another way if the role in question would be
read-only:

ALTER USER username SET default_transaction_read_only to true;

(http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2007-10/msg00101.php)




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