Re: deny table creation

From: "Joel Burton" <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com>
To: "M(dot)L(dot)Bowman" <M(dot)L(dot)Bowman(at)ukc(dot)ac(dot)uk>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: deny table creation
Date: 2002-06-10 15:15:47
Message-ID: 004f01c21091$b2eb69b0$63eebed1@jburtonsat3005
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Control over table creation (in a database or in a particular schema) will
be in 7.3 (now in CVS) via traditional GRANT/REVOKE statements.

AFAIK, there's no way to prevent it in PG ver < 7.3.

- J.

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Joel BURTON | joel(at)joelburton | www.joelburton.com | aim:wjoelburton
Information Technology & Knowledge Management Consultant

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> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:47 PM
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> Subject: [GENERAL] deny table creation
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to deny the ability to create tables in a database to
> all users except the database owner and the superuser.
>
> As superuser, I have attempted to revoke insert/update/delete/rules
> permissions to users on pg_class and pg_tables, but to no avail. It
> would appear that the read/insert/update permissions on these two
> relations are fixed. Users are always able to create tables. Yet when
> I try to display the permissions I get
>
> \z pg_class
> Access privileges for database "cswdb"
> Table | Access privileges
> -------+-------------------
> (0 rows)
>
> \z pg_tables
> Access privileges for database "cswdb"
> Table | Access privileges
> -------+-------------------
> (0 rows)
>
> Is it the superuser who is updating these tables via Rules rather
> than the current user?
>
> Can any-one suggest an alternative approach to preventing users
> from creating tables?
>
> Thanks
> Maggie Bowman
>
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