Re: permission to create user

From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
To: Timothy Smith <timothy(at)open-networks(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: permission to create user
Date: 2006-07-17 11:54:08
Message-ID: 4A70A579-1C68-44B1-B7EE-A06747A7A87B@pgedit.com
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On Jul 17, 2006, at 2:56 AM, Timothy Smith wrote:

> is it possible to give a non super user the ability to create
> another user of a different group?
> i'm looking for a way to assign a special group of admin's just
> enough rights to create other lowbie users without letting them
> bypass all other access restrictions.

You could create a function with the SECURITY DEFINER option which
allows the function to be executed with the privileges of the user
that created it.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-createfunction.html

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL

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