Re: Inserts restricted to a trigger

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Subject: Re: Inserts restricted to a trigger
Date: 2019-06-18 00:47:28
Message-ID: 20190618004728.ph5aeg4wlucll7y5@raf.org
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Adrian Klaver wrote:

> On 6/17/19 4:54 PM, Miles Elam wrote:
> > Is there are way to restrict direct access to a table for inserts but
> > allow a trigger on another table to perform an insert for that user?
> >
> > I'm trying to implement an audit table without allowing user tampering
> > with the audit information.
>
> Would the below not work?:
> CREATE the table as superuser or other privileged user
> Have trigger function run as above user(use SECURITY DEFINER)

and make sure not to give any other users insert/update/delete
permissions on the audit table.

> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Miles Elam
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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