Re: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 08:35 -0700, Andrew Gold wrote:
> Actually, I read the GRANT man page several times; what you state so
> clearly and simply, isn't described so plainly in that document.
>
> I posted because I found the GRANT man page deficient.
>
> Strictly speaking the GRANT man page indicated the following:
>
> -----------------begin quote---------------------------
> ALL PRIVILEGES
>
> Grant all of the privileges applicable to the object at once. The
> PRIVILEGES key word is optional in PostgreSQL, though it is required by
> strict SQL.
>
> -------------------end quote---------------------------
>
> This followed a series of descriptions of various privileges (select,
> insert, update, etc.). From the context of the description, it appears
> that "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES" bestows all of the preceding rights on the
> recipient user.
>
> It is not at all intuitive that "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES" gives a user the
> right to create schemas and temporary tables, and that alone.

You missed the bit where it describes what privileges apply to various
kinds of object.

> Whether you meant it or not, your initial comment came across as
> patronizing.

Sorry about that.
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