Re: Allow user to create tables

From: "Tille, Andreas" <TilleA(at)rki(dot)de>
To: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Allow user to create tables
Date: 2002-05-08 07:34:38
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0205080931230.9220-100000@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.
Sorry, forget about my previous mail which I claimed that PgAdmin2
was causing trouble.

~> whoami
databaseowner
~> psql test
...
test=# create table test (i int, t varchar(17) );
CREATE
test=# grant all on test to testuser ;
GRANT
test=# \q

~> su testuser
...
~> psql test
test=> drop table test;
ERROR: you do not own table "test"

Did I miss something?

Kind regards

Andreas.

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