Mostly because a user may explicitly create a database with wanted permissions, only to have this 'special code' remove them.
I personally intend to immediately revoke permissions on public in template1, to allow the database owner to grant them as needed. On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 22:27, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Sorry, I am confused. Why can we modify temp's permissions on CREATE > DATABASE but not public's permissions? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Have we addressed this? I don't think so. > > > > No, it's not done yet. My inclination is > > > > * Template1 has temp table creation and schema creation disabled > > (disallowed to world) by default. > > > > * CREATE DATABASE sets up new databases with temp table creation allowed > > to world and schema creation allowed to DB owner only (regardless of > > what the template database had). The owner can adjust this default > > afterwards if he doesn't like it. > > > > It would be nice to lock down the public schema in template1 too, but I > > see no good way to do that, because CREATE DATABASE can't readily fiddle > > with protections *inside* the database --- the only games we can play > > are with the protections stored in the pg_database row itself. So > > public's permissions are going to be inherited from the template > > database, and that means template1's public has to be writable. > > > > Objections anyone? > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
