Re: inconsistent owners in newly created databases?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Swan <tswan(at)idigx(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: inconsistent owners in newly created databases?
Date: 2004-05-03 16:27:40
Message-ID: 14151.1083601660@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thomas Swan <tswan(at)idigx(dot)com> writes:
> Fabien COELHO wrote:
>> You don't want to update ownership of tables in system schemas.
>>
> AFAICS, any changes they make are localized to their database not the
> whole database system.

A database owner who is not a superuser should *not* be able to fool with
the built-in catalog entries.

Database owner != superuser, and I don't want us blurring the distinction...

regards, tom lane

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