Re: Permission Read Only User

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Permission Read Only User
Date: 2019-03-16 01:02:21
Message-ID: 24342e74-6ab2-97c9-2ac5-e34349ff0b21@gmail.com
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On 3/15/19 6:44 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 3/15/19 4:37 PM, Sathish Kumar wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have created a read only user to perform select statements on our
>> database but whenever we create new tables on the database this user is
>> unable to view it unless I grant select again for this table. Is there a
>> way I can make select as default permission for this user so that in
>> future if I create any new tables, it will be still accessible.
>
> Maybe this?:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/sql-alterdefaultprivileges.html

That's just what we used.

Create a role READONLY who is granted CONNECT and alter the default
permissions on all your schemas to grant SELECT to that role.

Then create "user" roles which inherit from READONLY.

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