On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:33 AM, John R Pierce <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/22/2017 10:29 PM, Tim Uckun wrote: > >> I am setting up a database for an app. So I create a user without >> superuser but with login priveleges >> >> I then create a database and set it's owner to that user like this... >> >> dropdb --if-exists api_development >> dropuser --if-exists api_user >> >> createuser api_user -P -d >> createdb api_development -O api_user >> >> The app can now connect to the database but it can't create any tables, >> schemas or anything else unless I give it superuser privileges. >> >> Is there any way I can make this user a superuser for this database >> without making it a superuser on other databases? >> > > > that should have worked just fine. > > > [root@new ~]# useradd fred > [root@new ~]# su - postgres > $ createuser fred > $ createdb fred -O fred > $ logout > [root@new ~]# su - fred > [fred@new ~]$ psql > psql (9.3.19) > Type "help" for help. > > fred=> create schema xyzzy; > CREATE SCHEMA > fred=> create table xyzzy.abc (id serial, dat text); > CREATE TABLE > fred=> \q > > ..... > > > > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list ([email protected]) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > Make sure you are the DB owner when you connect. Either psql -U api_user -d api_development OR psql -d api_development SET ROLE api_user; SELECT current_user; -- *Melvin Davidson* I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
