Re: Prevent users from executing pg_dump against tables

Hi RAJAMOHAN

There is not a direct way to restrict a table not to be allowed to be
backed up by pg_dump.
But you can use the RLS (ROW LEVEL SECURITY) policy to restrict access.

Regards
Kashif Zeeshan
Bitnine Global

On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 10:47 AM RAJAMOHAN <garajamohan(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> In our production db infrastructure, we have one read_only role which has
> read privileges against all tables in schema A.
>
> We are planning to grant this role to some developers for viewing the
> data, but also I want to limit the users from executing statements like
> copy or using pg_dump. Main reason being I don't want the data to be copied
> from the database to their local machines.
>
> I tried by implementing triggers, but was not able to figure out a way to
> restrict the pg_dump and allow only select statements.
>
> Postgresql version - 12
> Ec2 based postgres database
>
> Is there a way to implement this? Please advise.
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Rajamohan.J
> Devops Cloud Architect
> Email:garajamohan(at)gmail(dot)com
>