Re: Q: GRANT ... WITH ADMIN on PG 17

On Thursday, August 21, 2025, Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
wrote:

> Am Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 08:46:00AM -0700 schrieb Adrian Klaver:
>
> > >PG 17 documentation says that using "WITH ADMIN" allows the
> > >role being added to another group role to grant/revoke
> > >membership in said group to other roles.
> >
> > I would start by reading this:
> >
> > https://rhaas.blogspot.com/2023/01/surviving-without-
> superuser-coming-to.html
>
> Thanks, I did, but did not find the answer to: Is there a
> way for a role that can manage membership in a group role to
> not itself be a member of that group role ?
>

A superuser can do this. Otherwise, no. In order to be made admin of a
role on must be a member of said role - i.e., “with admin” is only part of
the “grant” command. You won’t find docs talking about alternatives
because they don’t exist.

David J.