Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can someone tell me where we are on this; exactly what writability do > > we have in 7.3? > > The current code implements what I suggested in that note, viz: > default permissions for new databases are > owner = all rights (ie, create schema and create temp) > public = create temp right only > but template1 and template0 are set to > owner (postgres user) = all rights > public = no rights > by initdb. > > Also, the "public" schema within template1 is empty but writable by > public. This is annoying, but at least it's easy to fix if you > mess up --- you can DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE and then recreate > the schema. (Or not, if you don't want to.)
OK, yes, this is what I thought, that public in all databases is world-writable, but you can control that by dropping and recreating the public schema, or altering the schema, right? How did you get temp schemas non-world writable in template1 but not in the databases, or am I confused? -- 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 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
