Re: restore database with schema: owner schema must have

From: Pedro Salazar <pedro-b-salazar(at)ptinovacao(dot)pt>
To: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: restore database with schema: owner schema must have
Date: 2003-04-21 15:02:21
Message-ID: 1050937340.14571.10.camel@vitoria.intra.cet.pt
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On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 14:50, Tom Lane wrote:
> Pedro Salazar <pedro-b-salazar(at)ptinovacao(dot)pt> writes:
> > I have a database which has a schema owned by a user (with no superuser
> > privileges). When restoring the dump file with my superuser database,
> > the dump script connects with my owner user (which I created before),
> > and tries to create the schema with that user, and of course it cannot
> > do it, because my owner user hasn't super user privileges that permits
> > create a schema!
>
> You don't need superuser privs to create a schema, only CREATE privs on
> the database. Why would you have revoked CREATE-schema privs from the
> database owner?? Seems downright weird.
>
> pg_dump does have some known problems with situations where a
> previously-held right has been revoked. I guess this is another one for
> the to-do list.

You're right. Indeed, is enough the CREATE privileges in that schema and
not a superuser privilege. However, it wasn't a issue of revoking CREATE
SCHEMA privilege to the owner of the database, but a issue of the owner
of schema isn't the owner of the database.

Thanks for your help,
PS

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