PgAdmin2 trouble (Was: Allow user to create tables)

From: "Tille, Andreas" <TilleA(at)rki(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: PgAdmin2 trouble (Was: Allow user to create tables)
Date: 2002-05-08 07:30:03
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0205080926410.9220-100000@wr-linux02.rki.ivbb.bund.de
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On Tue, 7 May 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Tille, Andreas" <TilleA(at)rki(dot)de> writes:
> > I just created a database and granted all rights to the tables I created to
> > an additional user. I observed that this user does not have the right to
> > create additional tables.
>
> I think you have that backwards ;-). In PG you *cannot prevent* a user
> from being able to create tables.
>
> 7.3 will have permissions that control this, but no extant release does.
Hmm, great :).

Perhaps it is a bug inside PgAdmin2. The user I was talking about is
using this frontend. He gets errors if he tries to create or drop
tables.

But you are right: If I 'su thisuser' and do it in psql I'm able to
do all things he failed to do in PgAdmin2.

Kind regards

Andreas.

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