Re: column level, uid based authorization to update columns

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: column level, uid based authorization to update columns
Date: 2009-09-03 18:02:18
Message-ID: 20090903180218.GW8410@fetter.org
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On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 10:17:15AM -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> In linux, given the linux based uid of the user, how might someone
> implement column level update restrictions on a uid basis? For
> example...

You can use ident authentication in pg_hba.conf and per-column
GRANT/REVOKE in 8.4.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-grant.html

Cheers,
David.
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