Re: DROP ROLE as SUPERUSER

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dominique Devienne <ddevienne(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DROP ROLE as SUPERUSER
Date: 2025-02-21 14:44:22
Message-ID: 3073944.1740149062@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dominique Devienne <ddevienne(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> REASSIGN OWNED then DROP OWNED is the recommended path.

> Hi. Am I missing something? foobar does not OWN anything in this case.
> So I don't see how these recommendations are relevant to this particular
> case. --DD

DROP OWNED also removes relevant permission entries (which can be
thought of as things owned by the role, if you hold your head at
the right angle). See its man page.

regards, tom lane

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