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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: loren@paradigm.xyz
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #17626: Permission denied errors should list role as well as user
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:50:55 -0400
Message-ID: <1425128.1664805055@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17626-644f053cc20e1ba3@postgresql.org>
References: <17626-644f053cc20e1ba3@postgresql.org>

PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I'm running this set of commands:
> create user elevated_user IN ROLE pg_read_all_data;
> create user regular_user;
> create table foo (id int);
> set role elevated_user;
> select * from foo; -- works
> set role regular_user;
> select * from foo; -- errors

> The error message looks like "user=elevated_user ERROR:  permission denied
> for table foo".

No ... it just looks like

regression=> select * from foo; -- errors
ERROR:  permission denied for table foo

I don't know where "user=elevated_user" is coming from in your
environment, but it seems like it must be from client-side code
that's not tracking the active role correctly.

			regards, tom lane





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