On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 06:17:16PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
I am using a create_user() SP created by postgres with
security definer (gasp). This works just fine, however, it
transfers createuser rights to *anyone* allowed to connect
to the database the function is in.
Not if you restrict
Karsten Hilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Aha ! Indeed, the 7.4 documentation wasn't clear enough on
that (for me):
... The value samegroup specifies that the requested user
must a member of the group with the same name as the
requested database. ...
Might this be amended to say ... a
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 02:01:51PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
The 8.1 documentation uses the term role, which seems unlikely to be
confused with Unix groups:
...
Good enough?
Yes :-)
Karsten
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Hi all,
I have a faint memory of it being possible to create users
inside *one* given database by way of a particular create
user syntax along the lines of:
create user [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...;
or similar.
Was this ever possible in PostgreSQL or is my memory playing
tricks on me ? I went back
Hello,
I don't think you can create users *inside* a database, but for each
database,
you can create global users and make them members of a group having the same
name than your database.
Then, in pg_hba.conf, the folllowing line will give to your users the
permission to
connect to the
Karsten Hilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a faint memory of it being possible to create users
inside *one* given database by way of a particular create
user syntax along the lines of:
create user [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...;
There is the db_user_namespace kluge^H^H^H^H^Hparameter, but it's
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:04:09AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
I have a faint memory of it being possible to create users
inside *one* given database by way of a particular create
user syntax along the lines of:
create user [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...;
There is the db_user_namespace
Karsten Hilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am using a create_user() SP created by postgres with
security definer (gasp). This works just fine, however, it
transfers createuser rights to *anyone* allowed to connect
to the database the function is in.
Not if you restrict who's allowed to
