Re: A question about the permissions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tim Uckun <timuckun(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: A question about the permissions
Date: 2009-07-28 02:15:47
Message-ID: 6534.1248747347@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tim Uckun <timuckun(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> What is the rationale for not giving the group any permissions at all?

On lots of systems, giving group permissions is nearly as bad as giving
world permissions (eg, all the users might be in a "users" group).
So we don't do it by default. If you want to poke holes in the security
of your own installation, go right ahead.

regards, tom lane

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