Re: Restricting user to see schema structure

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com>, Neeraj M R <neerajmr12219(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane PostgreSQL <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general list <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Restricting user to see schema structure
Date: 2022-05-13 15:30:30
Message-ID: 557fd2b6-dd2e-66ad-4920-25d173eaf10e@aklaver.com
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On 5/12/22 22:13, Bryn Llewellyn wrote:
>> /neerajmr12219(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:neerajmr12219(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:/
>>

> What exactly do you mean by "have created a new user and granted
> connection access to database"? As I understand it, there's no such
> thing. I mentioned a simple test in my earlier email that showed that
> any user (with no schema of its own and no granted privileges) can
> connect to any database—and see the full metadata account of all its
> content. I'm teaching myself to live with this.

Besides the REVOKE CONNECT, it is also possible to prevent connections
to a given database by a particular user by using settings in pg_hba.conf.

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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