Re: [ADMIN] Limiting user access to a view only

2004-05-05 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Richard Colman wrote: > How would I set up a new user on PostgreSQL so that the new user is > limited to reading a particular view, and can do nothing else. A new user normally can't do anything. Just grant the privileges on the view to him. You may also want to revoke all permissions on databa

Re: [ADMIN] Limiting user access to a view only

2004-05-05 Thread Jim Seymour
> > I am a novice in this area. > > How would I set up a new user on PostgreSQL so that the new user is limited > to reading a particular view, and can do nothing else. > > Help greatly appreciated. You will find these handy, no doubt... http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/tutorial.html

Re: [ADMIN] Limiting user access to a view only

2004-05-05 Thread Gaetano Mendola
Richard Colman wrote: > I am a novice in this area. > > How would I set up a new user on PostgreSQL so that the new user is limited > to reading a particular view, and can do nothing else. Hi, first of all create the user as no a super user, after use the GRANT command ( http://www.postgresql.o

[ADMIN] Limiting user access to a view only

2004-05-05 Thread Richard Colman
I am a novice in this area. How would I set up a new user on PostgreSQL so that the new user is limited to reading a particular view, and can do nothing else. Help greatly appreciated. Richard Colman Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics 949-824-1816, 701-5330 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---