[ADMIN] Permissions/security on pg_* tables?

1998-11-16 Thread Dax Kelson
Is it normal/desirable for any user to be able to select (haven't tried insert/update) in the pg_* tables? Is it possible to GRANT/REVOKE on the pg_* tables? It seems it is. How can you see the permissions if \z doesn't work on the pg_* tables? Given a multi-user environment were each user (a

Re: [ADMIN] New to PostgreSQL, is this a DoS?

1998-11-16 Thread Dax Kelson
On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Dax Kelson wrote: > Is this a denial of service? A remote user can connect and create as many > phantom tables as they want which could possibly interfere with normal > operation? How would the admin even know the name of the table to drop? > > If I connect locally as use