Re: BUG #2915: Not working: GRANT * TO GROUP *

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Alvaro Alvarez" <alvaro(dot)a(dot)alvarez(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2915: Not working: GRANT * TO GROUP *
Date: 2007-01-23 06:04:43
Message-ID: 10696.1169532283@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Alvaro Alvarez" <alvaro(dot)a(dot)alvarez(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I tried, using both the GUI and CLI:
> GRANT CONNECT, TEMPORARY ON DATABASE db TO GROUP db_group;
> But somehow the results was as if i had witten (even though there is no
> db_group user):
> GRANT CONNECT, TEMPORARY ON DATABASE db TO db_group;

Since PG 8.1 we don't really make a distinction between users and
groups --- they're both "roles". So AFAICS there's not anything wrong
here.

regards, tom lane

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