Re: Read only user permission

> On 24/08/2023 10:11 CEST Dominique Devienne <ddevienne(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 7:46 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > The readwrite user (not the admin) would need to issue ALTER DEFAULT
> > PRIVILEGES granting that.
>
> Hi. I'm confused Tom. Why should it matter who created the new tables?
>
> I'm also using DEFAULT PRIVILEGES, for the very reason they dynamically
> extend to newly created objects in the schema.
> And I don't remember reading anything like what you imply. Could you please
> pinpoint in the doc where this would be explained?
>
> DEFAULT PRIVILEGES only apply to DDLs made by the role who did the GRANT'ing?
>
> In my case, the schema owner does both the granting and DDLs, so I guess I'll
> be OK.
> I just want to make sure I understand the situation better. Thanks, --DD

This is implied by:

"You can change default privileges only for objects that will be
created by yourself or by roles that you are a member of."

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterdefaultprivileges.html#SQL-ALTERDEFAULTPRIVILEGES-DESCRIPTION

--
Erik