Re: show privileges

From: Joe <dev(at)freedomcircle(dot)net>
To: Aaron Bono <postgresql(at)aranya(dot)com>
Cc: Rares Vernica <rvernica(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: show privileges
Date: 2006-11-06 23:49:15
Message-ID: 1162856955.703.5.camel@pampa
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On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 17:01 -0600, Aaron Bono wrote:
> On 11/2/06, Rares Vernica <rvernica(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I view the privileges that an user or a role has?
>
> Or what is the equivalent of "show privileges" from MySQL?
>
>
> select * from pg_user;
>
> Hey guys, this comes up every so often. Could some kind of syntax be
> added, at least to the psql tool, to get this kind of information. It
> would be really handy for administrators. Also, if it were on the
> documentation under the GRANT privileges section that would help
> immensely. I always have to hunt this down when I need it.

You mean something like \du at the psql prompt?

Joe

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