Re: permissions on system catalogs for non-superuser?

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> we have some monitoring/alert scripts which run sql against the database
> (8.1.4) as a non-superuser. The problem is I get <insufficient privilege>
> when trying to access current_query from pg_stat_activity.
>
> I ran these grant statements but still no joy:
> grant select on pg_stat_activity to monitor_user;
> grant select on pg_database to monitor_user;

IIRC you need select priv on pg_authid too.

Regards,
roppert

>
>
> Here's what I get while logged into psql as monitor_user:
>
> select procpid, current_query from pg_stat_activity;
> procpid | current_query
> ---------+--------------------------
> 24589 | <IDLE>
> 24601 | <insufficient privilege>
> 24600 | <insufficient privilege>
> 24598 | <insufficient privilege>
> 24596 | <insufficient privilege>
> 24594 | <insufficient privilege>
> 24367 | <insufficient privilege>
> 24511 | <insufficient privilege>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> /Kevin
>
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