Re: select any table

From: "Roberts, Jon" <Jon(dot)Roberts(at)asurion(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: select any table
Date: 2008-03-25 18:37:37
Message-ID: 1A6E6D554222284AB25ABE3229A92762E9A027@nrtexcus702.int.asurion.com
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> > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:54:20 -0500
> > > "Roberts, Jon" <Jon(dot)Roberts(at)asurion(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have some users that need "select any table" but they should
not
> > be
> > > > superusers. How can this be done?
> > > >
> > > > I need a "grant select on <dbname> to <rolename>".
> > >
> > > You can't do it with a single command. It is easy enough to write
a
> > > query to grab the tables and grant select on them though.
> > >
> >
> > We are adding tables and schemas all of the time and we need to
grant
> > auditors read-only access to the database.
> >
>
> O.k. :) but that doesn't change my response. You can't do it with a
> single command. You can script it.
>
>

It would be a nice enhancement to have a "select any table" privilege or
at least "grant insert/update/delete/select on <schema_name>".

Jon

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