Re: Role based database access

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Thomas Mack <mack(at)ifis(dot)cs(dot)tu-bs(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Role based database access
Date: 2007-05-24 13:57:04
Message-ID: 20070524135704.GA4320@alvh.no-ip.org
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Thomas Mack wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I face a problem here with restricting access to databases to
> the owners of the database (Postgres 8.1.4).
>
> We would like any postgres user to have database access restricted
> to their own databases only. This is so, as we use postgres for
> educational purposes.
>
> I looked into pg_hba.conf, but unfortunately, when restricting
> database access in the database field, the NAME(!) of the database
> is concerned, which we do not restrict. Any user can create as
> many databases as needed, and the name may be choosen freely.

In the database name you can specify "@file", which points to a file
containing a list of database names that the pg_hba.conf lines applies
to. One idea is to have the database creation routine put a line into
that file (which would be specific to each user).

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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