[PATCH] ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES with GRANT/REVOKE ON SCHEMAS

From: Matheus de Oliveira <matioli(dot)matheus(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: [PATCH] ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES with GRANT/REVOKE ON SCHEMAS
Date: 2016-11-22 10:59:09
Message-ID: CAJghg4KYbiH=kZL4Va4P0RPSYxXBUo0N4EaaUR4_qaPn5G3t=A@mail.gmail.com
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Hi all,

I noticed that we have no option to set default privileges for newly
created schemas, other than calling GRANT explicitly. At work I use ALTER
DEFAULT PRIVILEGE (ADP) command extensively, as the developers are
permitted to manage DDL on the databases, and all work fine except for when
a new schema is created. So,I'd like to propose this very simple patch
(attached) that adds the capability of using SCHEMAS, adding the following
syntax to ADP:

ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES
[ FOR { ROLE | USER } target_role [, ...] ]
abbreviated_grant_or_revoke

where abbreviated_grant_or_revoke is one of:

GRANT { USAGE | CREATE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON SCHEMAS
TO { [ GROUP ] role_name | PUBLIC } [, ...] [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

REVOKE [ GRANT OPTION FOR ]
{ USAGE | CREATE | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
ON SCHEMAS
FROM { [ GROUP ] role_name | PUBLIC } [, ...]
[ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

The patch itself is really straight forward (I'm new to sending patches, so
I've chosen a simple one), and there is only one thing that concerns me (as
in, if I did it right/good). The difference in syntax for SCHEMAS and the
other objects is that IN SCHEMA option makes no sense here (as we don't
have nested schemas), and to solve that I simple added the error "cannot
use IN SCHEMA clause when using GRANT/REVOKE ON SCHEMAS".

Does that look good to you?

Also, should I add translations for that error message in other languages
(I can do that without help of tools for pt_BR) or is that a latter process
in the releasing?

Other than that, I added a few regression tests (similar to others used for
ADP), and patched the documentation (my English is not that good, so I'm
open to suggestions). Anything else I forgot?

While at this, I'd like to ask if you are interested in have all the other
types we have in GRANT/REVOKE for ADP (I myself see few use for that at
work, but the symmetry on those commands seems like a good idea). If you
agree, I can take some time to do the others (looks very simple to do). I
just wonder if that should be done as one patch for each, or just a single
patch for all of them (perhaps send the sequence of patches in order, as
certainly one will conflict with the other if done apart).

Best regards,
--
Matheus de Oliveira

Attachment Content-Type Size
postgresql-defacl-schema-v1.patch text/x-patch 17.4 KB

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