Re: Permission denied error - best way to fix?

On 02/08/2011 10:57 AM, Mike Christensen wrote:
> Here's the error:
>
> pg_dump: SQL command failed
> pg_dump: Error message from server: ERROR: permission denied for
> relation pantryitems
> pg_dump: The command was: LOCK TABLE public.pantryitems IN ACCESS SHARE MODE
>
> Does the user need to be a superuser, or is there some way to GRANT
> this permission (if possible, I don't want this user to be able to
> modify the schema)..
>
> Mike
>

pg_dump is an admin function so it will need to run as a role that can
touch all requested objects and take action. For this particular case
you could GRANT SELECT on that table to the restricted user. The trouble
being is that this turns into a game of Whack-a-Mole fairly quickly.
This is one of those situations where taken a long view on your
permissions scheme will pay dividends.

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Adrian Klaver
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