Re: [HACKERS] something smells bad

From: Martín Marqués <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
To: Alex Pilosov <alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] something smells bad
Date: 2001-06-06 15:57:13
Message-ID: 01060618571306.29859@bugs
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On Jue 07 Jun 2001 00:58, you wrote:
> 1) Please don't crosspost to both hackers and general
>
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Martín Marqués wrote:
> > ERROR: carrera_id_curso_seq.nextval: you don't have permissions to set
> > sequence carrera_id_curso_seq
>
> Because of the way postgres works, you need to grant write permission on
> the carrera_id_curso_seq for your inserts to succeed.

This doesn't sound logical. The user from the group granted can insert data,
but not in a SERIAL field?
This is not what the "RULES and permissions" documentation says.

More info:

webunl=> \dp
Access permissions for database "webunl"
Relation | Access permissions
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
admin_view | {"=r","martin=arwR","group webunl_admin=arwR"}
admin_view_categ | {"=r","martin=arwR","group webunl_admin=arwR"}
admin_view_docente | {"=r","martin=arwR","group webunl_admin=arwR"}
admin_view_facultades | {"=r","martin=arwR","group webunl_admin=arwR"}
admin_view_materias | {"=r","martin=arwR","group webunl_admin=arwR"}
admin_view_modal | {"=r","martin=arwR","group webunl_admin=arwR"}
area | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
area_id_area_seq |
carrera | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
carrera_id_curso_seq |
categ | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
categ_id_categ_seq |
docentes | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
docentes_id_docente_seq |
facultad | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
facultad_id_fac_seq |
inscripcion | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
log_carrera | {"=","martin=arwR"}
log_carrera_id_log_seq |
materias | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
materias_id_mat_seq |
modalidad | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
nexo_categ | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
nexo_facultad | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
niveles | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
niveles_id_nivel_seq |
resol | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
sub_area | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
sub_area_id_subarea_seq |
tipo_cursado | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
tipo_cursado_id_cursado_seq |
tipo_modal | {"=r","martin=arwR"}
tipo_modal_id_mod_seq |

As you can see, the permissions look OK.

Saludos... :-)

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