Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: grant privileges to a database [URGENT]

From: "Martin A(dot) Marques" <martin(at)math(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
To: Kovacs Baldvin <kb136(at)hszk(dot)bme(dot)hu>, Mike Miller <temp6453(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: martin(at)math(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar, mfork(at)toledolink(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Re: grant privileges to a database [URGENT]
Date: 2001-02-05 19:52:07
Message-ID: 01020516520705.28447@math.unl.edu.ar
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El Lun 05 Feb 2001 16:13, Kovacs Baldvin escribió:
> Hello
>
> A few weeks ago I was interested in this question. My results were:

I was thinking myself, and thought about this:
can't the dba access be controled from the hda.conf file for each database?

Saludos... :-)

> - Yes, this is a sorrowful but true fact that if you enable access to
> someone to a database, she is automatically enabled to create
> objects in it.
> - Yes, the developers know it, and they said: there is a patch existing
> to workaround it.
> - No, they don't include it in 7.1. The reason: if you use that patch,
> pg_dumpall will not work. If somebody will have the strength in
> him to fix it, than it will be considered to include it in the base.
>
> After collecting these informations from more experienced people,
> I calmed down. Since I am in the beginning of creating my project,
> I think for the time when I will need it, it will be ready.
>
> Anyway, I do not know where this patch is. If you don't bother
> about pg_dumpall, ask a developer (a am only a wannabe developer)
> about it.
>
> If anyone detects that I wrote silly things, please do correct me.
>
> Bye,
> Baldvin

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