Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The problem is that you might want to grant 'truncate' to people who
> *aren't* particularly trusted. For truncate, at least I have a
> real-world use-case for it.
I don't find this use-case particularly convincing. If the users are
allowed to delete all data in a given table, then that table must be
dedicated to them anyway; so it's not that easy to see why you can't
risk giving them ownership rights on it. The worst they can do is
screw up their own data, no?
In any case, I don't see what's so wrong with the model of using
SECURITY DEFINER interface functions when you want a security
restriction that's finer-grain than the system provides. I really
*don't* want to see us trying to, say, categorize every variety of
ALTER TABLE as a separately grantable privilege. I could live with
something like a catchall "ADMIN" privilege ... except it's not
clear how that would differ from ownership.
regards, tom lane
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