| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Beverley <andy(at)andybev(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Creating a user for pg_start_backup |
| Date: | 2015-07-21 07:54:35 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqQcqNU-vqQdoWfWzOSHXrWQ5TC9Rg7R9BFX12r2XnxTiQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Andrew Beverley <andy(at)andybev(dot)com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm setting up hot backups on my database server. As such, I'd like to set up a
> Postgres user that has access to only pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup.
>
> I'm unable to work out how to do this with the various GRANT options. Can someone
> point me in the right direction please? Or is there a better way to achieve this,
> rather than having a dedicated user?
Access to pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup can be done with either a
replication user or a superuser. You can define user with such rights
with CREATE ROLE with the keyword REPLICATION:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sql-createrole.html
--
Michael
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