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53.17. pg_default_acl

The catalog pg_default_acl stores initial privileges to be assigned to newly created objects.

Table 53.17. pg_default_acl Columns

Column Type

Description

oid oid

Row identifier

defaclrole oid (references pg_authid.oid)

The OID of the role associated with this entry

defaclnamespace oid (references pg_namespace.oid)

The OID of the namespace associated with this entry, or zero if none

defaclobjtype char

Type of object this entry is for: r = relation (table, view), S = sequence, f = function, T = type, n = schema

defaclacl aclitem[]

Access privileges that this type of object should have on creation


A pg_default_acl entry shows the initial privileges to be assigned to an object belonging to the indicated user. There are currently two types of entry: global entries with defaclnamespace = zero, and per-schema entries that reference a particular schema. If a global entry is present then it overrides the normal hard-wired default privileges for the object type. A per-schema entry, if present, represents privileges to be added to the global or hard-wired default privileges.

Note that when an ACL entry in another catalog is null, it is taken to represent the hard-wired default privileges for its object, not whatever might be in pg_default_acl at the moment. pg_default_acl is only consulted during object creation.

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