Re: DROP ROLE as SUPERUSER

From: Dominique Devienne <ddevienne(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DROP ROLE as SUPERUSER
Date: 2025-02-21 14:35:19
Message-ID: CAFCRh--+406OqvQv60Yt9DXzS2cy9EN9Gz4hUx7sVKT9Ui7afQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Dominique Devienne <ddevienne(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > The point I'm trying to make, is that "hunting down" grantor(s) to
> connect
> > to DB(s) to be able to "force drop" a ROLE is a PITA. And I really wish
> > there
> > was an easier way to drop a role in that situation. --DD
>
> REASSIGN OWNED then DROP OWNED is the recommended path.
>

Hi. Am I missing something? foobar does not OWN anything in this case.
So I don't see how these recommendations are relevant to this particular
case. --DD

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