Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 17:44:32 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: bad.banana@outlook.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: confusing terms
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On Mon, Sep  3, 2018 at 07:17:12AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/role-membership.html
> Description:
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/role-membership.html
> 
> it says
> 
> "Once the group role exists, you can add and remove members using the GRANT
> and REVOKE commands:
> 
> GRANT group_role TO role1, ... ;
> REVOKE group_role FROM role1, ... ;"
> 
> how can you add members to a newly created group role using the above
> command? shouldn't it be GRANT group_role TO user1 ??

Well, users and groups are both roles.  The sentence says below this:

   You can grant membership to other group roles, too (since there isn't
   really any distinction between group roles and non-group roles). 

meaning you can grant group role membership to user and other group
roles.

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