Re: Content of pg_publication using a local connection versus network connection?

On 1/27/25 12:41, Shaheed Haque wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a novice-ish when it comes to Postgres, but I've studied the docs
> and not been able to understand why I can see the rows in pg_publication
> via a local psql session, but not when I am connected via the network.
>
> Since the network login is (a) successful and (b) can read the content
> of other non-system tables, I guessed that my problem is row-level
> security (RLS)....except that from the docs, I was unable to see how the
> login type could affect RLS. What am I missing?
>
> Here is some context...please do ask if something else needs to be
> clarified!
>
> - System Postgres 16, AWS RDS version.
> - The pg_publication tabe looks like this:
>
> foo=>  \dpS pg_publication
>                                       Access privileges
>   Schema   |      Name      | Type  |     Access privileges     |
> Column privileges | Policies
> ------------+----------------+-------+---------------------------+-------------------+----------
> pg_catalog | pg_publication | table | rdsadmin=arwdDxt/rdsadmin+|
>                   |
>            |                |       | =r/rdsadmin               |
>                   |
>
>
> - When I am logged in as this user via psql, I  can see:

This user is rdsadmin or something else?

>
> foo=> select * from pg_publication;
>  oid  |      pubname      | pubowner | puballtables | pubinsert |
> pubupdate | pubdelete | pubtruncate | pubviaroot
> -------+-------------------+----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+------------
> 98923 | vm_db_publication |    16478 | t            | t         | t
>         | t         | t           | f
>
>
> - When I connect via psycog, I can read other tables, but pg_publication
> aways seems to return no rows.

1) What is your connection string?
In particular what user are you connecting as?

2) Are you sure you are connecting to same database?

>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Shaheed
>
>
>

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