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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Pavel Luzanov <[email protected]>
Cc: Christophe Pettus <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: v16 roles, SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, ADMIN FALSE
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:16:28 -0400
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Pavel Luzanov <[email protected]> writes:
> On 08.07.2024 22:22, Christophe Pettus wrote:
>> This is more curiosity than anything else.  In the v16 role system, is there actually any reason to grant membership in a role to a different role, but with SET FALSE, INHERIT FALSE, and ADMIN FALSE?  Does the role granted membership gain any ability it didn't have before in that case?

> Looks like there is one ability.
> Authentication in pg_hba.conf "USER" field via +role syntax.

Hmm, if that check doesn't require INHERIT TRUE I'd say it's
a bug.

			regards, tom lane

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