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help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Derrick Rice <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: DROP TABLE can be issued by schema owner as well as table owner
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:08:11 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+TgmoYTJgMpkeNV=QUr=rEL5z=fGpceTUy8Y11pPxNax9Q0yw@mail.gmail.com>
Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > I applied the following documentation patch to clarify this issue, and
> >> > used generic wording "user with the proper permissions".
> >>
> >> That doesn't seem like an improvement; what permissions are proper?
> >
> > No idea, but it hints that other users can do it too. ?I thought too
> > specific was too complex for this case.
>
> I disagree. I think it's the purpose of documentation to be specific.
> The code says:
>
> /* Allow DROP to either table owner or schema owner */
> if (!pg_class_ownercheck(relOid, GetUserId()) &&
> !pg_namespace_ownercheck(classform->relnamespace, GetUserId()))
> aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, ACL_KIND_CLASS,
> rel->relname);
>
> So the command can be executed by the owner of the table, the owner of
> the containing schema, or the superuser.
>
> That seems simple enough.
OK, done.
--
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
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index 239767f..fc51c7c
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
*************** DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable cl
*** 30,36 ****
<para>
<command>DROP TABLE</command> removes tables from the database.
! Only its owner and users with the proper permissions can drop a
table. To empty a table of rows
without destroying the table, use <xref linkend="sql-delete">
or <xref linkend="sql-truncate">.
--- 30,36 ----
<para>
<command>DROP TABLE</command> removes tables from the database.
! Only the table owner, the schema owner, and superuser can drop a
table. To empty a table of rows
without destroying the table, use <xref linkend="sql-delete">
or <xref linkend="sql-truncate">.
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