Re: [HACKERS] Table permissions problem

> Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > > Hmm. That makes it difficult. I would like to build databases from
> > > scripts. I guess I can build them as the super user.
> > >
> > > Shouldn't the database owner have more privs then someone using the
> > > database? Is that what that TODO item is actually suggesting?
> >
> > Remember some tables are shared with all databases. Makes things more
> > difficult.
>
> I didn't realize that. I assume that you don't mean some system tables
> as they could, I am sure, be special cased. Can you expand? I once
> had a situation where a table in one database was trashed by being filled
> with data from another table of the same name in another database. Was
> I bitten by this feature somehow? At the same time I like the idea of
> sharing tables. It would be perfect for things like time zone and
> province/state tables.

See pgsql/data/ and you will see the tables that are shared:

pg_database
pg_group
pg_shadow
pg_variable

Makes sense they have to be shared.

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