Re: Default privileges for new databases (was Re: Can't

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> So template1 is writable (yuck) only so databases created from template1
> are writeable to world by default. Is that accurate?

Yup.

I had a probably-harebrained idea about this: the writeability of public
is only a serious issue when it is the default creation-target schema.
It's likely that you'd say "create table foo" without reflecting about
the fact that you're connected to template1; much less likely that you'd
say "create table public.foo". So, what if the default per-database GUC
settings for template1 include setting the search_path to empty? That
would preclude accidental table creation in template1's public schema.
As long as CREATE DATABASE doesn't copy the per-database GUC settings of
the template database, copied databases wouldn't be similarly crippled.

Now I'm not entirely convinced that CREATE DATABASE shouldn't copy the
per-database GUC settings of the template. But at the moment it
doesn't, and if we're willing to institutionalize that behavior then
it'd provide a way out.

Or is that too weird?

regards, tom lane