Re: pre-proposal: permissions made easier

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pre-proposal: permissions made easier
Date: 2009-06-30 13:07:33
Message-ID: 4A4A0E15.60005@dunslane.net
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Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
>
> *especially* if those grants remain "by reference", i.e. If I change the
> GRANTS/REVOKES on sensitive_table, those are automatically "apply" to all
> tables created with the "WITH GRANTS LIKE sensitive_table"...
>
>
>

Isn't that exactly what Tom is objecting to, namely that the permissions
of an object would not be contained entirely in catalog entry for the
object itself?

cheers

andrew

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