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* BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects
@ 2026-01-15 11:57 PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
  2026-01-15 13:36 ` BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: PG Bug reporting form @ 2026-01-15 11:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected]; +Cc: [email protected]

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      19379
Logged by:          Misha Shaygu
Email address:      [email protected]
PostgreSQL version: 17.7
Operating system:   Kubuntu 24.04
Description:        

My goal: create role for backup any database on server

Steps:
1. CREATE USER backup_user;
2. GRANT pg_read_all_data TO backup_user;
3. pg_dump my_db
4. got error to read large object

Following by links
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/predefined-roles.html
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/lo-implementation.html
"SELECT privileges are required to read a large object" and role
"pg_read_all_data" grant it, but it don't work!

Please fix it, thanks!








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* BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects
  2026-01-15 11:57 BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
@ 2026-01-15 13:36 ` David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
  2026-01-15 13:45   ` Re: BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: David G. Johnston @ 2026-01-15 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>

On Thursday, January 15, 2026, PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      19379
> Logged by:          Misha Shaygu
> Email address:      [email protected]
> PostgreSQL version: 17.7
> Operating system:   Kubuntu 24.04
> Description:
>
> My goal: create role for backup any database on server
>
> Steps:
> 1. CREATE USER backup_user;
> 2. GRANT pg_read_all_data TO backup_user;
> 3. pg_dump my_db
> 4. got error to read large object
>
> Following by links
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/predefined-roles.html
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/lo-implementation.html
> "SELECT privileges are required to read a large object" and role
> "pg_read_all_data" grant it, but it don't work!
>
> Please fix it, thanks!
>

The docs you link note that all data is “tables, views, sequences”.  Large
objects are not listed.  Maybe that means the name is a bit misleading but
it’s working as documented.

Likewise, the LO page doesn’t say anything about read all being applicable.

David J.


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* Re: BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects
  2026-01-15 11:57 BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
  2026-01-15 13:36 ` BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
@ 2026-01-15 13:45   ` Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  2026-02-05 10:05     ` Re: BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects Nitin Motiani <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-01-15 13:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>; +Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>

Hi,

On 2026-01-15 06:36:35 -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Thursday, January 15, 2026, PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > The following bug has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Bug reference:      19379
> > Logged by:          Misha Shaygu
> > Email address:      [email protected]
> > PostgreSQL version: 17.7
> > Operating system:   Kubuntu 24.04
> > Description:
> >
> > My goal: create role for backup any database on server
> >
> > Steps:
> > 1. CREATE USER backup_user;
> > 2. GRANT pg_read_all_data TO backup_user;
> > 3. pg_dump my_db
> > 4. got error to read large object
> >
> > Following by links
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/predefined-roles.html
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/lo-implementation.html
> > "SELECT privileges are required to read a large object" and role
> > "pg_read_all_data" grant it, but it don't work!
> >
> > Please fix it, thanks!
> >
>
> The docs you link note that all data is “tables, views, sequences”.  Large
> objects are not listed.  Maybe that means the name is a bit misleading but
> it’s working as documented.
>
> Likewise, the LO page doesn’t say anything about read all being applicable.

It's not contradicting our docs, but I think it likely still is an
oversight. The goal of pg_read_all_data [1] was to allow running pg_dump
without having to grant granular access, not being able to run pg_dump
successfully due to LOs prevents that.

This doesn't seem like something we're going to fix in a minor version
though...

Greetings,

Andres Freund

[1] http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=6c3ffd697e2242f5497ea4b40fffc8f6f922ff...
> A commonly requested use-case is to have a role who can run an
> unfettered pg_dump without having to explicitly GRANT that user access
> to all tables, schemas, et al, without that role being a superuser.






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* Re: BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects
  2026-01-15 11:57 BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
  2026-01-15 13:36 ` BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
  2026-01-15 13:45   ` Re: BUG #19379: Role pg_read_all_data don't allowed read large objects Andres Freund <[email protected]>
@ 2026-02-05 10:05     ` Nitin Motiani <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread

From: Nitin Motiani @ 2026-02-05 10:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andres Freund <[email protected]>; +Cc: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM Andres Freund <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > The docs you link note that all data is “tables, views, sequences”.  Large
> > objects are not listed.  Maybe that means the name is a bit misleading but
> > it’s working as documented.
> >
> > Likewise, the LO page doesn’t say anything about read all being applicable.
>
> It's not contradicting our docs, but I think it likely still is an
> oversight. The goal of pg_read_all_data [1] was to allow running pg_dump
> without having to grant granular access, not being able to run pg_dump
> successfully due to LOs prevents that.
>

Hi,

I have proposed a fix for this on pgsql-hackers [1]. And tested that
with the fix, pg_read_all_data can dump large objects. Please take a
look and let me know what you think.

Thanks & Regards,
Nitin Motiani
Google

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAH5HC96dxAEvP78s1-JK_nDABH5c4w2MDfyx4vEWxBEfofGWsw%40mail.gma...






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