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From: richard coleman <[email protected]>
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: database specific pg_read_all_data / pg_write_all_data
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 16:13:11 -0500
Message-ID: <CAGA3vBug6Sq_XYLxzmY470WFS6Z3OF28goYzX=QHrCc4hgQSDw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

In PostgreSQL 16+ the built in roles such as pg_read_all_data
and pg_write_all_data are a welcome addition to permission setting in
PostgreSQL.

Unfortunately they appear to be server-wide roles.

Woud it be possible to have roles like these that are database specific?

If there are 100 databases on a server, it would be extremely helpful to be
able to do something like:

*grant *pg_read_all_data* on database *foo* to *user_role*;*

Otherwise these roles are unusable from a practical stand point on servers
with multiple unrelated databases.

Thanks for the help,
rik.

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